Poll: Does relying on real-time AI translation erode our cognitive skills? De persoon die dit onderwerp heeft geplaatst: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | | How the heck would I know ... | Oct 9 |
... if I do not, and will not, as a matter of principle, "rely on real-time AI translation" for anything?
JL
| | | | Thayenga 
Duitsland
Local time: 09:32
Lid 2009
Engels naar Duits
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Not even in my most audacious dreams would I even consider such a foolishness.
Customers even explicitly ask for human translations and will not accept any MT products. If I'm not mistaken, then AI is not human.
Btw. has anybody noticed that this is yet another AI related question? Taking the chance of repeating myself, how boring.
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Does reading Proz poll questions erode our will to live?
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a) Yes
b) Yes, only more so.
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I don’t want to skip the mental effort and for the moment I don’t need to free up brainpower.
| | | | Hipyan Nopri
Indonesië
Local time: 14:32
Engels naar Indonesisch
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| A discussion partner, not a replacement | Oct 9 |
I voted for the fourth option.
In my own experience, the effect depends largely on how the tool is used.
If AI output is accepted without question, I can see how a translator’s skills might gradually weaken.
However, when I treat AI as a discussion partner, questioning its suggestions, checking terminology against reliable sources, and weighing alternative renderings, I find that it actually sharpens my critical thinking and broadens my knowledge.
... See more I voted for the fourth option.
In my own experience, the effect depends largely on how the tool is used.
If AI output is accepted without question, I can see how a translator’s skills might gradually weaken.
However, when I treat AI as a discussion partner, questioning its suggestions, checking terminology against reliable sources, and weighing alternative renderings, I find that it actually sharpens my critical thinking and broadens my knowledge.
I also compare the output of two different AI tools, since each has its own strengths and weaknesses.
Sometimes one offers the better rendering or term, and sometimes the other does, so I still have to evaluate both and decide for myself.
In the end, the responsibility for every word and every decision remains with the translator, and I believe that is exactly where it should stay. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Daryo
Local time: 08:32
Servisch naar Engels
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| Just wondering ... | Oct 11 |
Hipyan Nopri wrote:
I voted for the fourth option.
In my own experience, the effect depends largely on how the tool is used.
If AI output is accepted without question, I can see how a translator’s skills might gradually weaken.
However, when I treat AI as a discussion partner, questioning its suggestions, checking terminology against reliable sources, and weighing alternative renderings, I find that it actually sharpens my critical thinking and broadens my knowledge.
I also compare the output of two different AI tools, since each has its own strengths and weaknesses.
Sometimes one offers the better rendering or term, and sometimes the other does, so I still have to evaluate both and decide for myself.
In the end, the responsibility for every word and every decision remains with the translator, and I believe that is exactly where it should stay.
Are you seriously saying that when it comes to legal terminology there is now suddenly such a dearth of direct/primary sources and websites maintained by legal experts that you are in dire need to ask for help an algorithm programmed to rather confabulate then say 'I don't know'?
| | | | Daryo
Local time: 08:32
Servisch naar Engels
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Do you fine tune your walking and running skills by:
a) practicing - analysing - more practicing?
b) jumping on the opportunity to be shuffled around in a 'free' motorised wheelchair?
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