Hi German, (sorry I can't do the accent on your name!), muchas gracias! That's kind of a stunning situation and yet another way in which the non-English-speaking world is disadvantaged - and the English-speaking world continues to be oblivious to the multitude of challenges for the rest of the world in so many respects. Most people do not know how much context and subtlety we miss when we are stuck using translation apps and AI's algorithms. Just in the process of trying to communicate with someone without the help of google translate, we are developing a relationship with the person and their culture. By relying on it, how much more of our humanity are we giving up for the ease of AI?! And how can we work with it without being afraid of a negative influence? I am really eager to learn more and consider how these issues could be brought into the public eye. It's such an important topic if we all truly want to gain a better understanding of the broader world - for all of our benefit!
I was also surprised while I was researching for this post, it is not only that AI is not as smart in other languages, and that it fails to incorporate cultural nuances. On top of that, it’s more expensive for non-English speakers to access these models.
As you said, it is very important to bring this issue to the public eye, it was not my goal, but I think that making it accessible to be understood by non-technical people without dumbing it down is a first step.
I’m actually here as a means of studying and understanding this technology, I’m very glad that you find it interesting.
Greetings from Perú!
G
P.S. Don’t worry about the accent, my name wasn’t meant for English keyboards :P
Hi German, (sorry I can't do the accent on your name!), muchas gracias! That's kind of a stunning situation and yet another way in which the non-English-speaking world is disadvantaged - and the English-speaking world continues to be oblivious to the multitude of challenges for the rest of the world in so many respects. Most people do not know how much context and subtlety we miss when we are stuck using translation apps and AI's algorithms. Just in the process of trying to communicate with someone without the help of google translate, we are developing a relationship with the person and their culture. By relying on it, how much more of our humanity are we giving up for the ease of AI?! And how can we work with it without being afraid of a negative influence? I am really eager to learn more and consider how these issues could be brought into the public eye. It's such an important topic if we all truly want to gain a better understanding of the broader world - for all of our benefit!
Hi Gianetta!
I was also surprised while I was researching for this post, it is not only that AI is not as smart in other languages, and that it fails to incorporate cultural nuances. On top of that, it’s more expensive for non-English speakers to access these models.
As you said, it is very important to bring this issue to the public eye, it was not my goal, but I think that making it accessible to be understood by non-technical people without dumbing it down is a first step.
I’m actually here as a means of studying and understanding this technology, I’m very glad that you find it interesting.
Greetings from Perú!
G
P.S. Don’t worry about the accent, my name wasn’t meant for English keyboards :P