Poll: Do you use AI (eg: ChatGPT) for your personal, non-work writing? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 17:51
Spanish to English
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I don’t use AI for my writing per se, but I do find it useful for resolving undefined abbreviations/acronyms that often crop up in my translations.
It is also handy for specific queries about certain things. For example, this weekend I was sent an urgent translation of an article (about AI use in education, as it happens) due tomorrow. The article will be published in a Journal that follows APA guidelines, and I simply wanted to check a couple of details. After trying unsuccessfully to ... See more I don’t use AI for my writing per se, but I do find it useful for resolving undefined abbreviations/acronyms that often crop up in my translations.
It is also handy for specific queries about certain things. For example, this weekend I was sent an urgent translation of an article (about AI use in education, as it happens) due tomorrow. The article will be published in a Journal that follows APA guidelines, and I simply wanted to check a couple of details. After trying unsuccessfully to register with the Journal website in order to do so, in frustration I just asked Chat GPT and it responded immediately, saving me all the timewasting and hassle of the obligatory registration process. ▲ Collapse
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I used it at first and left it because of the well-known hallucinations and fabricated sources. Some Google AI Overviews have been useful, but I’m old so I’d rather get my brain working even if it takes longer…
| | | | Thayenga 
Germany
Local time: 17:51
Member (2009)
English to German
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Why would I want to use AI when my gray cells are working perfectly?
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Nadja Balogh
Germany
Local time: 17:51
Member (2007)
Japanese to German
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| Just once, but it helped | Jun 23 |
I recently used it to draft a letter of complaint because an online order I had placed failed to be delivered even after several attempts to communicate with some useless customer service (either bots or humans without sufficient authority to do anything about the problem). I was angry but didn't want to spend any more of my time on this idiotic problem, so I had AI write the letter. And the best thing: it worked, I got refunded!
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I mainly use it for research, not writing. I realized that if someone is skilled with AI, they can complete research that would normally take a long time in a much shorter time.
[Edited at 2026-06-23 17:27 GMT]
| | | | | Formal applications | Jun 24 |
I've used ChatGPT to prepare formal documents in Greek, using legal language that is outside my comfort zone - and indeed would also be outside my comfort zone in English.
For example, an application to the Greek tax authorities based on the EU's GDPR data protection legislation, asking for incorrect information to be deleted. ChatGPT looked up the relevant regulations, including the applicable articles and paragraphs, and produced in minutes a draft document that it would have take... See more I've used ChatGPT to prepare formal documents in Greek, using legal language that is outside my comfort zone - and indeed would also be outside my comfort zone in English.
For example, an application to the Greek tax authorities based on the EU's GDPR data protection legislation, asking for incorrect information to be deleted. ChatGPT looked up the relevant regulations, including the applicable articles and paragraphs, and produced in minutes a draft document that it would have taken me days to prepare, if I could have managed it on my own at all.
Of course, you have to check these things carefully before submitting them, but it was certainly of major assistance. ▲ Collapse
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