Last autumn we launched an initiative to consider the potential to create an ethical framework for ITI members. Our first event was an open discussion meeting hosted by Dr Joseph Lambert which helped us to identify the range of topic areas that we want to explore in more detail.
We have now fashioned these ideas into a programme and invited a range of experts and other stakeholders to help us to host this series of open discussions. We now invite members and others with an interest in ethics to join the debates, with the aim of generating the core principles that will form our ethical framework.
We have called this space for conversations about ethics the ITI Coffee House following the spirit of the coffee houses of the eighteenth century where the Enlightenment was born. The aim is for conversations to be informal and free-flowing and for participants to contribute rather than just to listen.
This session will be focused on ethical issues in AI and interpreting across modes and settings. The session will:
- Provide a forum for interpreters working in conference and public service settings to share experiences of AI in their work (preparation and delivery)
- Offer support in identifying key ethical issues in AI for individuals and commissioners of interpreting services
- Facilitate discussion on enhancing interpreter voices in the sector on matters to do with AI use.
If you are interested in shaping the debate about translation and interpreting ethics then come along and contribute to our work. We really want to hear from the professionals who are making ethical decisions in their daily working lives to ensure that we create an ethical framework that meets your needs.
Please note that the Coffee House sessions take the format of a short scene-setting presentation followed by discussion, and may include small group discussions in breakout rooms depending on the numbers attending. We expect attendees to participate in the discussions and we ask that you only book a place if you are committed to attending.
Participants are recommended to read a recent interview with Dr Giustini on the topic of AI in interpreting before the session:
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Deborah Giustini
