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Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | Hype

Maria Laura Curzi — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:06:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: Maria Laura Curzi
Post title: Hype

[quote]Daryo wrote:

[quote]SafeTex wrote:

[quote]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. [/quote]

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.

[/quote]

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'. [/quote]

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.

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | Vive la résistance!

The Shredder — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:38:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: The Shredder
Post title: Vive la résistance!

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.

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | No doubts about is! Only ...

Daryo — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:34:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: Daryo
Post title: No doubts about is! Only ...

[quote]SafeTex wrote:

[quote]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. [/quote]

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.

[/quote]

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'.

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | AI is clearly here to stay

SafeTex — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 03:31:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: SafeTex
Post title: AI is clearly here to stay

[quote]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. [/quote]

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.

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | it's not from the ProZ team

Zea_Mays — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: Zea_Mays
Post title: it's not from the ProZ team

[quote]AllegroTrans wrote:

in the ProZ team appears to be morbidly obsessed with AI? [/quote]

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.

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | Maybe ...

Daryo — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:46:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: Daryo
Post title: Maybe ...

[quote]AllegroTrans wrote:

Who...
in the ProZ team appears to be morbidly obsessed with AI? [/quote]

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

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | Who...

AllegroTrans (X) — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: AllegroTrans (X)
Post title: Who...

in the ProZ team appears to be morbidly obsessed with AI?

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | Ugh...

Alex Lichanow — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:50:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: Alex Lichanow
Post title: Ugh...

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Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | I've just proposed a poll

Zea_Mays — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:56:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: Zea_Mays
Post title: I've just proposed a poll

Let's see if it gets through. :-D

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | Maybe

IrinaN (X) — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:04:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: IrinaN (X)
Post title: Maybe

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.

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | Somewhat

Lieven Malaise — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:59:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: Lieven Malaise
Post title: Somewhat

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.

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services? | N/A

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:25:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: N/A

The AI series is not finished yet...

Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?

ProZ.com Staff — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:10:04 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What's your current level of readiness to offer AI related services?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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