Popular Mechanics: Languages Are Dying at An Alarming Rate. Can Technology Save Them from Extinction

Michael Running Wolf is building a technology that can strengthen endangered languages and the cultural knowledge they hold. Artificial intelligence and deep-speech tech could help revitalize cultures that were nearly exterminated. It is difficult to develop a comprehensive language model for Indigenous languages due to the lack of transcribed and annotated audio, the unique characteristics of Indigenous languages, and the infancy of AI technology.

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