Speaker | IJET-31 (June 24-25, 2023)

Christopher Blakeslee

Chris Blakeslee is an advisor and early-stage investor in an AI start-up, a beta-tester for a long-standing CAT tool, and an early adopter of natural language processing technology, having used speech recognition software, one of the earliest commercial applications of AI technology, since the year 2000.

He has translated from Japanese to English for 25 years, mostly bond and equity market research, quant strategy, and economic analysis for direct clients, including several of the world’s top investment banks. He divides his time nowadays between Bali and Florida, usually with a stop in Japan on the way.

Sessions

How Translators Can Use AI Tools Now and What’s in Store?

AI technologies are like Felix the Cat’s magic bag of tricks, and they are taking shape online in ever-expanding ways. This presentation will cover some of the current tools and how translators can use them, ChatGPT in particular. We will avoid speculating on the emergence of a super-intelligent species misaligned with humanity’s survival. However, we will take comments from the species in the...

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