Episode 02 - (Not so) Lost in Translation

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Paradigm Shift

Microsoft India

9 episodes

5 days ago

Today, humans all over the world are armed with the brilliance of not only their own intelligence but that of machines as well. The question that is staring us in the face, however, is this: Imagine all that is possible when human talent meets technological prowess? In this season of Paradigm Shift, you’ll hear eight fascinating stories that will tell you about the kind of metamorphosis that is possible at the intersection of human and artificial intelligence. The good that such game-changing technologies can inflict on our lives, our country and our society at large.

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Episode 02 - (Not so) Lost in Translation

Paradigm Shift

34 minutes 28 seconds

3 years ago

Episode 02 - (Not so) Lost in Translation

Imagine a construction worker from Odisha going to Bangalore to find work. Or a citizen from interior Nagaland trying to interact with the state government. Language is a barrier to both these people and it can make livelihoods rather challenging. But current research in AI – from deep neural networks to massive multi-lingual models – are already trying to solve this problem.

Credits:
Narration: Harsha Bhogle
Executive Producer: Gaurav Vaz
Producer: Archana Nathan
Research, Interviews and Scripts: Vinay Aravind
Narrative overview: Charu Sharma and Shriram Parthasarathy
Title track, sound design and background score: Nikhil Rao and Abhijit Nath.

All clips and voices used in this podcast are owned by the original creators We thank wholeheartedly all our guests who appeared on this episode

Dr. Shobha Satyanath, a professor of linguistics at Delhi University
Kalika Bali, Principal Researcher, Microsoft India
Dr. Monojit Chowdhury, Principal Data and Applied Scientist with Turing
Dr. Vivek Seshadri, a researcher at Microsoft India.

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