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X-WR-CALNAME:HAI & SDS Seminar with Thomas Mullaney\, Diyi Yang\, Juan Pava
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DESCRIPTION:Visiting scholars share their research with the HAI & SDS commu
 nity.\n\nHow Can AI Support Language Digitization and Digital Inclusion?\n
 \nHAI & SDS Seminar with Thomas Mullaney and Diyi Yang\n\nVisit our websit
 e to learn more about the event agenda\, speakers\, and other details\n\n 
 \n\nWhat does digital inclusion look like in the age of AI? Over 6\,000 of
  the world’s 7\,000-plus living languages remain digitally disadvantaged
 . That might mean few websites exist in that language\, for example\, or k
 eyboards don’t have the necessary characters. Language communities exclu
 ded from digital systems can only participate minimally in a world increas
 ingly mediated by technology. They also can’t generate enough data neede
 d to be represented in AI. And without access to AI\, communities face fur
 ther barriers to digital participation.\n\nEmpowering digitally disadvanta
 ged language communities requires holistic progress on a range of foundati
 onal language tools (from script encoding to keyboard layouts) and support
 ing language tools (from grammar checkers to accessibility features). Prog
 ress on this language digitization work is often slow due to chronic under
 funding and a lack of coordination.\n\nAI has the potential to scale and a
 ccelerate language digitization. In recent years\, scholars have increasin
 gly leveraged AI — and especially natural language processing tools — 
 to sidestep major bottlenecks in the field\, particularly when it comes to
  compiling\, organizing\, and reviewing digital records.
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LOCATION:Gates Computer Science Building\, 119
SUMMARY:HAI & SDS Seminar with Thomas Mullaney\, Diyi Yang\, Juan Pava & Ca
 roline Meinhardt
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/hai-sds-seminar-with-thomas
 -mullaney-diyi-yang-juan-pava-caroline-meinhardt
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