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50,000 AI models likely to be trained in 2023!
By: @rk_process9
#straightfromtheheart #translation #ai #data #artificialintelligence #multilingual #machinelearningmodels #chatgpt #llm #agile #nmt
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By: @rk_process9
#straightfromtheheart #translation #ai #data #artificialintelligence #multilingual #machinelearningmodels #chatgpt #llm #agile #nmt
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@rk_process9 #ChatGPT has sparked a global belief in #AI and its capabilities to replace humans. However, affluent individuals and businesses seek exclusive access to customized AI models rather than using the tools or #platforms that are publicly available.
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#EnglishClass in India has a meltdown on my #IndianLanguage advocacy, in English, because they can't dismiss me like they do those from Hindi/Kannada/Marathi lit background.
I've done all they dream of.😏 I'm blessed to speak for those left behind by #EnglishApartheid. 🙏
I've done all they dream of.😏 I'm blessed to speak for those left behind by #EnglishApartheid. 🙏
The narrative of India’s “English advantage” is tied with their story of India’s backwardness:
“India was backward. English came and civilized us. Taught us math and science. Our only advantage in the world is they taught us English.
Dismantles this:
Grpr.in/tis
“India was backward. English came and civilized us. Taught us math and science. Our only advantage in the world is they taught us English.
Dismantles this:
Grpr.in/tis
All countries serious about their languages have commissions for creating new words with regular updates.
In India, word creation was itself made into a joke.
Train would be लोह पथ आमनी गमनी यंत्र (with a laugh)
Aim was to kill native language growth with wholesale import. 1/
In India, word creation was itself made into a joke.
Train would be लोह पथ आमनी गमनी यंत्र (with a laugh)
Aim was to kill native language growth with wholesale import. 1/
If you look at signs even in small town India today, say UP, even those in devanagari script are largely English words. This is not how other countries did it.
For e.g. when I was in China, no one understood "bus" "train" ATM" or even "internet." They had their own words. 2/
For e.g. when I was in China, no one understood "bus" "train" ATM" or even "internet." They had their own words. 2/
I started looking at Thai language because Thailand is one country which was never colonized and has a language closely based on Sanskrit. It was part of Indic civilizations. Do they also have a wholesale import. What word do they have for train?
train รถไฟ Rt̄hfị रथभी (?)
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train รถไฟ Rt̄hfị रथभी (?)
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I have been asking for cross-country data on India's "English advantage" even in IT, but have yet to see anyone come up with it.
Perhaps this table will conclusively establish this "advantage."
Rank by country of programmers in different areas.
Perhaps this table will conclusively establish this "advantage."
Rank by country of programmers in different areas.
All these countries study programming and algorithms using their mother tongues. Almost none of these use English-medium.
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Silicon Valley is not the world. And if India's "English advantage" is so great, where is the Silicon Valley and trillion $ market cap IT companies from India?
Imagine if you took per capita population numbers, how much further back India would be.
Imagine if you took per capita population numbers, how much further back India would be.
