Abstract
Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence today, and it is a topic that hits the headlines. International research and projects include it in their terms of reference in the hunt for subsidies.
It is well established in numerous industrial sectors and is presented as an integral part of new technologies. In short, it enters into all areas of human activity and is becoming an unavoidable and omnipresent subject in 21st century society, and in the everyday lives of all of us.
But do we really know what it means - or will mean - for us, and notably for interpreters? Will it influence or change interpreter training and the whole profession? If so, how? The author is taking a layman's view of this subject and put these questions (among many others) to students and interpreter trainers at the Institute of Translation studies and interpreters with Czech language, to see what they think, what they know, and how they view the future. After going through and analysing the answers from the sample, the author presents the results of this survey and draws some conclusions which are preliminary, as this area is developing at breakneck speed.
Presentation at the CIUTI conference (online) - 11 December 2020