Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? थ्रेड पोस्टर: ProZ.com Staff
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The AI series is not finished yet...
| | | | Lieven Malaise 
Belgium
Local time: 19:28
सदस्य (2020)
French to Dutch
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It depends on what is understood under "AI related services". I offer machine translation editing and I don't care about the machine translation source (DeepL, other similar systems, ChatGPT and the like...) as long as it is delivered in a CAT file.
But I stay far away from all the nonsensical AI related job offers that have nothing to do with translation or MTPE.
| | | | IrinaN (X)
United States
Local time: 12:28
English to Russian
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A complete silence treatment could do the trick... but then again, if someone immersed in AI wants to answer, who am I to push for any prohibitive measures?
But I can set an example:-) AI trolls are good at provoking at least some kind of answer. So, this was my last sentence typed to discuss anything showing AI in the title or text body.
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Zea_Mays
Italy
Local time: 19:28
English to German
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| I've just proposed a poll | Dec 5, 2025 |
Let's see if it gets through. 
| | | | | | AllegroTrans (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:28
French to English
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in the ProZ team appears to be morbidly obsessed with AI?
| | | | Daryo
Local time: 18:28
Serbian to English
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AllegroTrans wrote:
Who...
in the ProZ team appears to be morbidly obsessed with AI?
Maybe ... the right question would be: who is not yet?
One way or another - wake me up when some AI-free poll question pops up.
Yawn ... Zzzzz
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Zea_Mays
Italy
Local time: 19:28
English to German
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| it's not from the ProZ team | Dec 5, 2025 |
AllegroTrans wrote:
in the ProZ team appears to be morbidly obsessed with AI?
They just approve and publish the polls. I'm pretty sure these AI polls come all from the same site member, who probably is doing LOLs each time they read exasperated comments.
| | | | SafeTex
France
Local time: 19:28
French to English
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| AI is clearly here to stay | Dec 6, 2025 |
Zea_Mays wrote:
They just approve and publish the polls. I'm pretty sure these AI polls come all from the same site member, who probably is doing LOLs each time they read exasperated comments.
Well, those who answered "fully prepared", "somewhat prepared" or "in development" outnumber those who answered "not prepared at all", so I wonder why you think that all the AI polls come from the same site member.
| | | | Daryo
Local time: 18:28
Serbian to English
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| No doubts about is! Only ... | Dec 6, 2025 |
SafeTex wrote:
Zea_Mays wrote:
They just approve and publish the polls. I'm pretty sure these AI polls come all from the same site member, who probably is doing LOLs each time they read exasperated comments.
AI is clearly here to stay
Well, those who answered "fully prepared", "somewhat prepared" or "in development" outnumber those who answered "not prepared at all", so I wonder why you think that all the AI polls come from the same site member.
Sure it is! Only ...
You do know this old saying about the most splendid theories being smashed to bits by annoying little facts? One of the basic tenets of how science works, in case you're wondering what I'm on about.
Like how in theory AI should be a gift bestowed from the lofty heights of Mount Olympus on mere humans - and what it really is NOW?
Given that NO ONE knows what turn the development of AI is going to take, I'm truly amazed that there are so many clairvoyants who do know already they'll be ready for an unknown future!
Another version of the same:
the car is also here to stay, but if someone offered me a 'shiny all-singing, all-dancing latest model' and it turned out that the thing is in the habit of randomly deciding on its own to go off tangent and wander in the fields instead of staying on the road, my boring univentive reaction would be: 'Thank you very much, but for now I'll stick to more reliable models'.
| | | | | Vive la résistance! | Dec 6, 2025 |
I’m still in full resistance mode. I will not use it.
I’ve gone full Luddite. Even email is too hi-tech for me now. On Monday I start temping as a postman.
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Daryo wrote:
SafeTex wrote:
Zea_Mays wrote:
They just approve and publish the polls. I'm pretty sure these AI polls come all from the same site member, who probably is doing LOLs each time they read exasperated comments.
AI is clearly here to stay
Well, those who answered "fully prepared", "somewhat prepared" or "in development" outnumber those who answered "not prepared at all", so I wonder why you think that all the AI polls come from the same site member.
Sure it is! Only ...
You do know this old saying about the most splendid theories being smashed to bits by annoying little facts? One of the basic tenets of how science works, in case you're wondering what I'm on about.
Like how in theory AI should be a gift bestowed from the lofty heights of Mount Olympus on mere humans - and what it really is NOW?
Given that NO ONE knows what turn the development of AI is going to take, I'm truly amazed that there are so many clairvoyants who do know already they'll be ready for an unknown future!
Another version of the same:
the car is also here to stay, but if someone offered me a 'shiny all-singing, all-dancing latest model' and it turned out that the thing is in the habit of randomly deciding on its own to go off tangent and wander in the fields instead of staying on the road, my boring univentive reaction would be: 'Thank you very much, but for now I'll stick to more reliable models'.
Yes, @Zea, I fully agree with you.
IMHO, the current state of AI is completely unreliable and much more hype than anything close to productive. One only needs to see KudoZ translations made with AI to see they are truly disastrous, at least in Spanish.
Then, it's just the initial stage of development, but I'm not sure how long this stage is going to last. It could be years, or until the banks that own the debts of the top 5 AI tech companies decide to collect.
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