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comment by nc · 2024-10-09T21:21:39.110Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Your points are true and insightful, but you've written them in a way that won't gain much cachet here.

I wrote a similar piece to the Cosmos Institute competition, which hopefully I can share here when that is finished, and maybe we can bounce the idea off each other?

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↑ comment by smyja · 2024-10-10T00:03:42.973Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

That would be great. You can send a DM.

comment by Raemon · 2024-10-09T22:07:52.264Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I haven't read this post yet and am not sure what the downvotes are about yet (maybe they are justified), but, I feel like I gained something important just from reading the title, so have a strong upvote.

comment by exmateriae (Sefirosu) · 2024-10-09T20:06:42.141Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I could not read everything yet, sorry for that but I wanted to contribute on one of your points. I'm not certain AI will be bad for languages, it could resurrect some of them easily if they have been recorded in some way and could help people maintain their skills in less used languages. It could teach people those languages.

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↑ comment by harfe · 2024-10-09T21:03:42.597Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

That point is basically already in the post:

large language models can help document and teach endangered languages, providing learning tools for younger generations and facilitating the transmission of knowledge. However, this potential will only be realized if we prioritize the integration of all languages into AI training data.