Poll: Now that AI is under scrutiny, are you optimistic about the future of our industry? Objavljivač niti: ProZ.com Staff
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My optimism about the future depends on what customers – both existing and potential – decide to do.
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Mere 'scrutiny' is nowhere near enough to keep any industry/profession/individual - nay, humanity itself - safe from serious harm.
What's that they say about genies and bottles?
AI escaped (or was leaked from) the bottle of scrutiny some time ago and has gone on a global rampage, bent on taking us all on a one-way trip to oblivion.
JL
| | | | expressisverbis
Portugalija
Local time: 22:03
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| Optimism is an attitude | Sep 15 |
I actually turned another year older last week, and being a Virgo, I don't think my sign is particularly good at sitting around and giving up, regardless of age. 😂
Honestly, I prefer looking forward rather than spending my time lamenting the state of our profession.
Over the past year, I’ve launched a new website, updated my CV and profiles, invested in subtitling training, approached new potential clients in different ways, and taken on new projects and opportunities in audiovi... See more I actually turned another year older last week, and being a Virgo, I don't think my sign is particularly good at sitting around and giving up, regardless of age. 😂
Honestly, I prefer looking forward rather than spending my time lamenting the state of our profession.
Over the past year, I’ve launched a new website, updated my CV and profiles, invested in subtitling training, approached new potential clients in different ways, and taken on new projects and opportunities in audiovisual translation.
I’m also trying new things outside work. I help a local animal association by volunteering at a fair on the last weekend of every month, and I attend events in my city whenever I can.
The industry is changing, of course. But there are still things we can do: adapt, learn, explore new avenues and keep moving.
I don't have a sugar daddy or anyone else to pay my bills while I sit around complaining about how terrible everything is. 😂
So I’d rather use my energy to do something productive.
The world may be getting crazier, and our profession may be changing, but I’m still here: learning, adapting, trying new things and fighting my corner.
After all, being optimistic isn't being naive. It's an attitude. ▲ Collapse
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Thayenga 
Nemačka
Local time: 23:03
Član (2009)
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expressisverbis wrote:
I actually turned another year older last week, and being a Virgo, I don't think my sign is particularly good at sitting around and giving up, regardless of age. 😂
Happy belated Birthday!
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Nemačka
Local time: 23:03
Član (2009)
engleski na nemački
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| AI will keep on coming | Sep 15 |
In my heart I hope that there will be a brighter future for our profession, being a generally positive person. And still, regardless of the warnings from governments and organizations, the big tech companies will not give up on AI. There might be restrictions, even tight ones, but AI will eventually play a big role in all of the industries, including ours.
[Edited at 2026-09-15 14:55 GMT]
| | | | Peter Motte
Belgija
Local time: 23:03
Član (2009)
holandski na flamanski
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| What's there to hold on? | Sep 15 |
AI has already evolved far. Having it under 'scrutiny' now won't change anything.
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No, I'm still not optimistic because I do think that AI-produced translations are often just as good as - if not better than - those produced by humans and, perhaps more importantly, they can be produced more quickly and cheaply than anything we can offer. Human translators are too slow and expensive, let's face facts.
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
My optimism about the future depends on what customers – both existing and potential – decide to do.
What tech world, government and others are doing or implying doesn't matter, we, as workers of language industry, can only have optimism if we would have clients and jobs rising with proper rates.
AI is just become as excuse for heavy cost cutting.
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Thayenga wrote:
... regardless of the warnings from governments and organizations, the big tech companies will not give up on AI. There might be restrictions, even tight ones, but AI will eventually play a big role in all of the industries, including ours.
It's significant that the top tech bros in the leading AI development companies all recently agreed that AI is moving too fast and needs to be regulated.
They are located in the US, where the official position is that "regulation is not the business of government".
So whose business is it? What this means is that the people who are developing the most advanced AI now realise that it's moving too fast, and they're trying to shift the responsibility on to somebody else. They're passing the buck.
Unfortunately, in today's USA, the buck doesn't stop anywhere: it just keeps circling around and around.
As for the translation business, many of you already know my views on that: two years. At most.
| | | | Thayenga
Nemačka
Local time: 23:03
Član (2009)
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Philip Lees wrote:
It's significant that the top tech bros in the leading AI development companies all recently agreed that AI is moving too fast and needs to be regulated.
They are located in the US, where the official position is that "regulation is not the business of government".
However, the US President stated yesterday hat AI does not represent a threat. Consequently, nothing will be done to regulate AI in the US for the next two and a quarter years.
| | | | Thayenga
Nemačka
Local time: 23:03
Član (2009)
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Thayenga wrote:
Philip Lees wrote:
It's significant that the top tech bros in the leading AI development companies all recently agreed that AI is moving too fast and needs to be regulated.
They are located in the US, where the official position is that "regulation is not the business of government".
However, the US President stated yesterday that AI does not represent a threat. Consequently, nothing will be done to regulate AI in the US for the next two and a quarter years.
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Thayenga
Nemačka
Local time: 23:03
Član (2009)
engleski na nemački
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Thayenga wrote:
Thayenga wrote:
Philip Lees wrote:
It's significant that the top tech bros in the leading AI development companies all recently agreed that AI is moving too fast and needs to be regulated.
They are located in the US, where the official position is that "regulation is not the business of government".
However, the US President stated yesterday that AI does not represent a threat. Consequently, nothing will be done to regulate AI in the US for the next two and a quarter years.
A glitch in the system posted my reply twice. Is this, perhaps, insinuating something?
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