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Thread poster: Pieter Beens
Pieter Beens
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Netherlands
Member (2011)
English to Dutch
May 10, 2023

Hi all,

It took just a few months for ChatGPT to shake up entire industries, and the translation industry is no difference.
I have received a request to train an AI engine recently, and I have read from translators already working on AI training jobs (or boldly declining them).
So I am curious: what does these training jobs entail? What do you need to do?
I am looking forward to your thoughts. Feel free to share them by PM if you think sharing them is sensitive.... See more
Hi all,

It took just a few months for ChatGPT to shake up entire industries, and the translation industry is no difference.
I have received a request to train an AI engine recently, and I have read from translators already working on AI training jobs (or boldly declining them).
So I am curious: what does these training jobs entail? What do you need to do?
I am looking forward to your thoughts. Feel free to share them by PM if you think sharing them is sensitive.

Best,

Pieter ▲ Collapse


Tom in London
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:57
Member (2008)
Italian to English
I won't collaborate May 10, 2023

Sounds to me like the equivalent of putting a gun to your own head and pulling the trigger

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Sabrina Bruna
Maaike van Vlijmen
 
Baran Keki
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Türkiye
Local time: 00:57
Member
English to Turkish
How much? May 10, 2023

I received an email from an agency last week that started with "We have a new interesting project to enhance AI Modeling Writing Software..." I suppose that's related to the job you describe?
They were offering 7 USD per hour. How much are they offering in your pair, if you don't mind revealing it?
 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 23:57
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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10 to 15 dollars May 10, 2023

I received two of those job offers (obviously through Proz), both offering a rate that can be considered ridiculously low in my language pairs.

Baran Keki
 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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FTR May 10, 2023

Pieter Beens wrote:
It took just a few months for ChatGPT to shake up entire industries, and the translation industry is no difference.

Just for the record, what I have heard from other industries is that everyone is wetting themselves over its potential but nobody is actually using it yet for anything much.

Lieven Malaise
Baran Keki
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