How AI’s language barrier limits climate disaster responses
How AI’s language barrier limits climate disaster responses
"Artificial intelligence systems can understand language and tackle a wide range of problems. Governments and organisations are increasingly using AI to scan social media, summarise public conversations, and even respond to environmental and climate issues.
But many of these tools struggle to make sense of the way people actually communicate. Local expressions and slang can confuse AI, so important messages are sometimes misunderstood or missed entirely.
When people talk about language barriers, they often mean translation between different languages. But the problem is more subtle. Around the world, people mix languages and local expressions online, a phenomenon that linguists call “code switching”.
Climate journalism has increasingly moved online, but there are fewer climate reporters in the developing world. This limits the depth and availability of information for a huge proportion of the global population, and shapes how climate issues are discussed and understood across different regions."
Complete article here: https://theconversation.com/how-ais-language-barrier-limits-climate-disaster-responses-278020