AI often leaves out minority languages – but some communities are turning it into a lifeline

By Ekaterina Vylomova, Senior Lecturer, Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Raphael Merx, PhD Candidate, Machine Learning, The University of Melbourne

There’s plenty of warranted anxiety about the effect artificial intelligence (AI) will have on social and economic inequality.

AI built by big tech firms is set to reward capital owners at the expense of workers. Technologically advanced countries will benefit, at the expense of low-income countries.

But might AI also be driving linguistic inequality?…

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