Lost in translation. Pilot research on the problem of translating human thoughts into the language of the machine

• Autorzy: Jaruga-Rozdolska Anna , Zaguła Artur

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.37190/arc250108

Warianty tytułu

PL

Utracone w tłumaczeniu. Pilotażowe badania nad problemem tłumaczenia ludzkich myśli na język maszyn

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article presents the conduct of a pilot study carried out at the Institute of Architecture of the Lodz University of Technology in the summer of 2024. The subject of the research that architecture students took part in was to trace the process of creating architectural concepts using the generative image model Midjourney by individuals with no previous exposure to AI tool-assisted design, for whom English – read by a tool capable of converting a string of keywords into an image – is not their native language. The authors’ goal was to capture difficulties arising from translation errors and lack of script literacy. The precisely defined architectural design problem was carried out by the participants of the study by selecting from among the images generated in the version 6.0 model on the basis of the prompts they had previously prepared. The results indicate the challenges arising from the need to translate thoughts into a language fully understandable by the machine. The title of the article, referring to a movie Lost in translation directed by Sofia Coppola, highlights the fleeting essence of the problem: words are only a certain signaller of meaning, which often fails in the full depiction of thought.

PL

W artykule przedstawiono przebieg badań pilotażowych przeprowadzonych w Instytucie Architektury Politechniki Łódzkiej latem 2024 r. Wzięli w nich udział studenci kierunku architektura. Tematem badań było prześledzenie procesu tworzenia koncepcji architektonicznych za pomocą generatywnego modelu obrazowego Midjourney przez osoby niemające wcześniej styczności z projektowaniem wspomaganym narzędziami AI, dla których to osób język angielski – odczytywany przez narzędzie zdolne przetwarzać ciąg słów kluczowych na obraz – nie jest językiem ojczystym. Celem autorów było uchwycenie trudności wynikających z błędów translacyjnych oraz braku umiejętności posługiwania się skryptem. Precyzyjnie określony architektoniczny problem projektowy uczestnicy badania realizowali, wybierając spośród obrazów wygenerowanych w modelu w wersji 6.0 na podstawie uprzednio przygotowanych przez nich promptów. Uzyskane rezultaty wskazują na trudności wynikające z konieczności przełożenia myśli na język w pełni zrozumiały dla maszyny. Tytuł artykułu, nawiązujący do filmu Między słowami w reżyserii Sofii Coppoli, podkreśla ulotną istotę problemu: słowa są jedynie pewnym sygnalizatorem znaczenia, który często zawodzi w pełnym zobrazowaniu myśli.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

artificial intelligence; AI architecture; Midjourney; AI for Higher Education

PL

sztuczna inteligencja; AI; sztuczna inteligencja w architekturze; Midjourney; AI w szkolnictwie wyższym

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Architectus
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Nr 1 (81)
• Strony: 79--87
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 25 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Jaruga-Rozdolska Anna

• Architectural Humanities Research Association, Manchester, United Kingdom,

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4196-6437

autor

Zaguła Artur

• Institute of Architecture, Lodz University of Technology, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8934-8630

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