Thank you for stating that, Udhay. Downright appropriation without consent
whether for training AI or simply to profit without consent(like the case
of the writer Volga's work by Audible) is not acceptable. Writers and
literary translators don't consent to this use and firms cannot be allowed
to get away with violating our rights to our work.
This doesn't mean that AI is not being used in other aspects of
translation. I just received the notice below from my local association. As
I'm not an interpreter I can't comment on this and anyway they aren't
interpreting literary texts. But I can say that I have met some awesome
interpreters who have acquired these skills over time and with great
effort. You can't buy their authority over their domain. Is time really an
enemy, I wonder?
I realize that I'm beginning to sound like I'm in that John Galsworthy
story (part of the CBSE elementary school syllabus for Class 4 or 5
students in the 70s) where the old shoemaker finally gives up because
everyone wants readymade shoes and not the custom made pair that was the
norm earlier.
Best.
Radhika
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On Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 7:33 a.m. Udhay Shankar N via Silklist <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Sat, 1 Nov 2025, 19:54 Charles Haynes, <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> This is fascinating to me. It's clear that the intent is to treat AI as
>> adversarial and to try to hinder it. What's not as clear to me is why. The
>> fascinating part is that it seems that some people take it as given that
>> this is desirable, but haven't really articulated what the goal is.
>>
>
> Really? The goal (or at least, one obvious goal) seems clear to me.
>
> "I do not want my work turned into training data without my consent."
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