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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 05:20
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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No Jun 16

Shoot

Lingua 5B
Daryo
Alex Lichanow
Iulia Parvu
 
Lingua 5B
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 06:20
English to French
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Interesting Jun 16

I am amazed at how they keep coming with new fancy words for the “dull AI slaving at miserable prices”. Better yet “AI prompt engineer”, since when is asking questions called engineering?

Maria Laura Curzi
writeaway
Michael Newton
Alex Lichanow
Iulia Parvu
Diana Llorente
Peter Motte
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Germany
Local time: 06:20
English to German
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No Jun 17

Why on Earth would I (or anyone)?
What I would seriously consider offering is AI sabotage services.

Philip Lees
Iulia Parvu
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Epameinondas Soufleros
 
WolfgangS
WolfgangS
France
Local time: 06:20
English to German
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No! Jun 17

No
 
Christine Andersen
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Denmark
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Member (2003)
Danish to English
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No, and I don't plan to Jun 18

I do not see that it would be useful for the work I do.
I agree with comments from the CIoL survey on members' use of AI in 2025 and 2026:
https://www.ciol.org.uk/generative-ai-has-opinion-shifted

"I am against the use of AI in general and believe it to be ethically and environmentally dubious. I explicitly tell my clients that I do not use AI."
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I do not see that it would be useful for the work I do.
I agree with comments from the CIoL survey on members' use of AI in 2025 and 2026:
https://www.ciol.org.uk/generative-ai-has-opinion-shifted

"I am against the use of AI in general and believe it to be ethically and environmentally dubious. I explicitly tell my clients that I do not use AI."

"Plenty of reasons NOT to use it: it's more work to fix the results than to translate from scratch; AI is built on stolen and copyrighted work; AI uses far too much water and electricity; AI companies use low-paid workers to edit the input; using AI decreases your creativity and skills."

"I don't see any advantage for me in my work anyway, but I'm increasingly worried about the environmental impact and serious ethical issues of AI."
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But check the whole survey for a fuller perspective!

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Daryo
 
Daryo
Daryo
Local time: 05:20
Serbian to English
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Not Applicable Jun 19

I don't have even the slightest wish to learn what kind of verbal acrobatics could have created the term 'Linguistic Prompting', nor to try to figure out what 'AI Optimization' could possibly have to do with translating?

I will very happily stay 'ignorant' of what these 'exciting opportunities' have to offer to me – plenty of more interesting ways to use my time than to be a remote peripheral attached to some wannabe intelligence.

Especially when arranged through sub... See more
I don't have even the slightest wish to learn what kind of verbal acrobatics could have created the term 'Linguistic Prompting', nor to try to figure out what 'AI Optimization' could possibly have to do with translating?

I will very happily stay 'ignorant' of what these 'exciting opportunities' have to offer to me – plenty of more interesting ways to use my time than to be a remote peripheral attached to some wannabe intelligence.

Especially when arranged through sub-sub-subcontractors with a habit of 'optional payment': I recently heard of yet another case of someone doing some AI related work (not related to languages) and the company simply 'deciding to not pay'.

What is not to like with 'AI work'? You get the insult and the injury ... ▲ Collapse


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