Tag: machine interpreting
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AI4terps.org – your self-study platform on all things AI and interpreting
Have you been trying to get your head around concepts such as AI, LLMs, neural networks, weights and biases? Or are you eager to find out about the pros and cons of Computer-Assisted Interpreting and the tools available today? Curious about machine “interpreting”, its potential use cases, and how to assess its quality? Then look…
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“Machine interpreting” – what’s in a word?
Is “machine interpreting” interpreting? I don’t think so. Can we call it machine interpreting? Well, there are certainly reasons why we can, and other reasons why we shouldn’t. So why can we? Firstly, I think we are fighting a loosing battle. Machine interpreting, AI interpreting and other similar terms are already being widely used in…
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Recap of VKD’s round table discussion on artificial intelligence
As promised, here comes the English version of my article published in the German conference interpreters’ association (VKD im BDÜ e.V.) bulletin “VKD-Kurier“ in December 2023 Quo Vadis yet again? On 17 October 2023, VKD hosted a virtual round table discussion on AI. I was invited to give a keynote speech – a dubious honour…
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Natural Language Processing – What’s in it for interpreters?
“Natural Language Processing? Hey, that’s what I do for a living!” That’s what I thought when I heard about the live talk “A Glimpse at the Future of NLP” (big thank you to Julia Böhm for pointing this out to me). As I am always curious about what happens in AI and language processing, I…