Exploring professional translators’ attitudes towards control and autonomy in the human-centred AI era: quantitative results from a survey study

Miguel Ángel Jiménez Crespo

doi:10.5565/rev/tradumatica.400

Exploració de les reaccions de traductors professionals envers el control i l'autonomia en l'era de la IA Centrada en Humans: resultats quantitatius d'un estudi basat en enquestes

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Miguel Ángel Jiménez Crespo Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey

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Aquest article presenta un estudi basat en enquestes sobre les reaccions dels traductors professionals dels EUA cap a la percepció de “control” i “autonomia” en relació amb les tecnologies de traducció. En els paradigmes d’Inteligència Artificial Centrada en Humans (HCAI) i d’“augment de la inteligència”, els humans conserven els nivels més alts possibles de control i autonomia juntament amb alts nivells d’automatització. El fonament d’aquest estudi rau en el fet que el cicle d’adopció de tecnologies de traducció normalment implica l’adaptació humana a eines prèviament desenvolupades sense la seva participació, la qual cosa freqüentment condueix a una certa resistència a l’adopció i reaccions negatives o divergents. Ara que la integració d’aplicacions d’IA encara es troba en les primeres etapes de desenvolupament i adopció, és crucial identificar les necessitats i reaccions dels usuaris per desenvolupar eines que els professionals puguin adoptar fàcilment i sobre les quals sentin un grau elevat de control. Metodològicament, l’estudi s’ha portat a terme per mitjà d’una enquesta en línia autoadministrada amb la plataforma Qualtrics, que han contestat 41 traductors establerts als EUA el maig de 2024. Els nivells autodeclarats de control i autonomia són, en general, alts, mentre que els enquestats han reportat nivells intermitjos d’imposició de l’ús de tecnologies per agents externs. L’ús d’IA generativa continua sent baix, amb un 0 % dels enquestats indicant que es veuen obligats a utilitzar IA o LLM, en línia amb altres estudis recents. Així i tot, les expectatives futures de control en l’era de la IA han disminuït de manera dràstica, tot i que aquesta pèrdua percebuda de control s’ha atribuït a agents humans en el procés (grans empreses tecnològiques, desenvolupadors, LSP, gestors de projectes, clients, etc.) més que a les aplicacions o algoritmes d’IA. Aquests baixos nivells de sensació d’agència de cara al futur coincideixen amb estudis recents que suggereixen que l’explotació per mitjà del “taylorisme digital” per part d’agents humans podria percebre’s com una amenaça major que la IA o les tecnologies de traducció en si mateixes.

Paraules clau

IA centrada en humans, LLM, control, autonomia, tecnologies de la traducció, predisposició dels traductors

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Biografia de l'autor/a

Miguel Ángel Jiménez Crespo, Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey

Associate Professor Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University