Indigenous engineers use AI speech recognition to preserve endangered Native languages
Indigenous engineers and researchers, led by Michael Running Wolf and his initiative First Languages AI Reality at the Mila-Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, are racing against time to preserve endangered Indigenous languages using AI and speech recognition technology. With one Indigenous language dying every two weeks, the team is building speech recognition models to document and revitalize Native American and other Indigenous languages before their last speakers pass away. The article explores the intersection of technology and cultural preservation, highlighting the work of Indigenous engineers who are applying AI to safeguard linguistic heritage.
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Within the next five to 10 years, we'll lose most of the Native American languages in the U.S.
Of the 4,000 Indigenous languages worldwide, one dies every two weeks with its last speaker.
We're building technology that serves our communities, not the other way around.
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