Will AI Make Interpreters and Sign Language Obsolete? | Innovation - Interesting Engineering

Arificial intelligence is changing how we view language— and how we're making it more accessible, according to Jenn Halweil, Chief Story Engineer and Skylar Walters, Research Intern at GoBeyond Lab.

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In the age of the internet, people are being drawn closer and closer— you can Snapchat your friend from Turkey, video call your parents on their fancy vacation, send a quick text to your old pen pal (now your new keyboard pal) in Japan. 

But as the world is drawn closer together, our attention spans are becoming more and more commodified. We spend hours scrolling through Instagram, while spending less time engaging with each other directly. 

Ironically, artificial intelligence is now changing that...

Technology has incredible potential to bring people together, but when people are left out, whether as a result of disabilities, race, ethnicity, or otherwise, it can be a divisive and isolating force. Thanks to natural language processing, we’re starting to fill in these gaps between people to build a more accessible future. 

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Source: Interesting Engineering