Dumb intelligence? Translation as technological mediation.
We propose a semiotic approach to understanding and assessing language technologies. Specifically, by adopting a recent semiotic and broad concept of translation, developed by Kobus Marais, we bring semiotic theory into the service of philosophy of technology. Our perspective reveals that commonly a...
| Publicado en: | Sign Systems Studies Vol. 53; no. 3/4; pp. 357 - 398 |
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University of Tartu
2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=191035258&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 191035258 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14064243 DSW jtl: Sign Systems Studies issn: 14064243 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2025 vid: 53 iid: 3/4 pid: 25096 pub: University of Tartu artinfo: ui: 191035258 10.12697/SSS.2025.53.3-4.04 ppf: 357 ppct: 41 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 4.5MB tig: atl: Dumb intelligence? Translation as technological mediation. aug: au: Xu, Hongying Olteanu, Alin Campbell, Cary affil: School of Foreign Languages, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China Institute of Language Sciences, Shanghai International Studies University; Shanghai, China; Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Romania Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada su: Translations Semiotics Philosophy of technology Humanism Dualism sug: subj: Translations Semiotics Philosophy of technology Humanism Dualism keyword: extended mind large language model mediation technology translation ab: We propose a semiotic approach to understanding and assessing language technologies. Specifically, by adopting a recent semiotic and broad concept of translation, developed by Kobus Marais, we bring semiotic theory into the service of philosophy of technology. Our perspective reveals that commonly assumed expectations about language generative technologies are mistaken and misleading when shaped through an ideal of engineering humanlike interlocutors, which we illustrate with examples. We find that (software) engineering pursues this ideal, which, fuelled by classical humanism, assumes that language is an anthropic marker. By explaining (technological) emergence as a semiosic process, we develop a robust underpinning for the Mind--Technology Thesis, namely refuting mind-and-matter substance dualism through an evolutionist perspective that construes technology as mind-work. In this vein, semiotics corroborates with externalist theories of mind and postphenomenology in understanding mind and technology as mutually intrinsic. This leads to a semiotics-grounded advocacy of the view in philosophy of technology, championed by Elena Esposito, that for artefacts properly to communicate with biological organisms, they do not require "intelligence". Pakume välja semiootilise lähenemise keeletehnoloogiate mõistmisele ning hindamisele. Võttes kasutusele Kobus Marais' poolt viimasel ajal välja töötatud semiootilise ja avara tõlkekäsitluse, rakendame semiootikateooriat eelkõige tehnikafilosoofia teenistuses. Meie vaatenurgast nähtub, et keelt genereerivatele tehnoloogiatele üldiselt ja eelduspäraselt esitatavad ootused osutuvad ekslikeks ja eksitavateks, kui neid kujundatakse inimtaoliste kaasvestlejate konstrueerimise ideaali kaudu, ning me illustreerime seda näidetega. Oleme seisukohal, et (tarkvara)insenerlus püüdleb selle ideaali poole, mis klassikalisest humanismist kantuna eeldab, et keel on antroopsuse näitaja. Selgitades tehnoloogiate esiletõusu semioosilise protsessina, töötame välja toeka vundamendi nn "vaimu-- tehnoloogia teesile", nimelt lükates ümber vaimu ja materiaalse substantsi dualismi, kasutades evolutsionistlikku vaatenurka, mis tõlgendab tehnoloogiat vaimutööna. Sel moel kinnitab semiootika eksternalistlikke vaimuteooriaid ning postfenomenoloogiat, mõistes vaimu ja tehnikat vastastikku omastena. See viib välja semiootikal põhineva toetuseni tehnikafilosoofia seisukohale, mille eest seisab Elena Esposito, et selleks, et oleks võimalik artefaktide tegelik kommunikatsioon bioloogiliste organismidega, ei lähe neil "intellekti" tarvis. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Sign Systems Studies is the property of University of Tartu and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Sign Systems Studies holder: University of Tartu dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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