Before AI, did you use MT to optimize and save time?
I was just thinking, in University, you're often told that MT is only reliable when you know how to use it properly and catch its mistakes. But when you're a professional and you know the flaws of MT and AI, was it morally wrong to use it back then? Before the advent of AI, did any one of you used MT like DeepL or Google Translate in regular jobs just to optimize and be quicker? Did you always just translate from scratch?
Outisde of literary genres of course.
Right now, among those clients who hire translators and don't ask for MTPE, I feel it would be even more morally wrong to use AI or MT because of current trends and the market, but I'd like to read your opinions, people.
Thanks!