How AI can help Indigenous language revitalization, and why data sovereignty is important – CBC

Aug 12, 2024

‘It’s just going to be like a pencil,’ says one AI language camp co-ordinator

Indigenous language experts working in computer science say Artificial Intelligence is a useful tool in language revitalization but communities must prioritize the ownership of their data.

“It’s just going to be like a pencil. It’s useful but it’s not going to save our language,” said Michael Running Wolf, a former engineer for Amazon’s Alexa and co-founder of Lakota AI Code camp, a summer program for high school students where they gain experience developing mobile apps that incorporate Indigenous knowledge and methods.

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