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"How do you know about all this AI stuff?"
I just read tweets, buddy.

#low-resource languages

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AI moderation is no match for hate speech in Ethiopian languages

#low-resource languages   #translation   #misinformation and disinformation   #dystopia   #hate speech   #link  

One approach for classifying content is to translate the text into English, then analyze it. This has very predictable side effects if you aren't tweaking the model:

One example outlined in the paper showed that in English, references to a dove are often associated with peace. In Basque, a low-resource language, the word for dove (uso) is a slur used against feminine-presenting men. An AI moderation system that is used to flag homophobic hate speech, and dominated by English-language training data, may struggle to identify “uso” as it is meant.

Introducing Aya: An Open Science Initiative to Accelerate Multilingual AI Progress

#translation   #low-resource languages   #under-resourced languages   #models   #training   #fine-tuning   #link  

Looks great!

Multilingual AI is a vey real issue, with literal lives on the line. Mostly because Facebook wants to use AI to moderate hate speech instead of using actual human beings (although that has problems, too). Ignoring content moderation on social media in non-English countries goes much worse than you'd imagine.

Lots of ways to contribute, from the Aya site:

Screenshot of what you can do with Aya

@gquaggiotto on July 12, 2023

#under-resourced languages   #low-resource languages   #business of AI   #tweets  

June 6, 2023: @lelapaai

#low-resource languages   #translation   #bias  

If you're interested in this kind of thing, a term to search for is "NLP and under-resourced languages." It absolutely goes well beyond that, but it's a good starting point.