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Disappointing breakout session on human dignity and inclusive societies at #AIforGood, monopolized by folks pitching the blockchain. The blockchain crowd is getting desperate because no one needs their tech. Be that as it may, but it is neither AI nor about dignity or inclusion

End of day 2 at the #AIforGood summit. Practical AI detection exercise using the Humoring test in a crowded elevator: "Any robots please exit the elevator now". Blank stares in response. As a human, I suddenly felt very alone

#AIforGood global summit has grown impressively. Thought-inspiring debates, all sharing the same urgency that reflects the incredible speed at which AI has come to affect everyone of us. Orgs like Translators without Borders (TWB) crucial to ensure all voices are heard in these debates. Literally.

Awful Uber/JUMP experience in Berlin, can only recommend to stay clear of it. Got charged €25 b/c system not prepared for user phone running out of battery during rent, ridiculous. Sent details to Support, no response Uber Support #Uber

Germany-based localization peeps, sign up for the upcoming Localization Unconference (at Google Munich, Oct 17/18): eventbrite.de/e/localization…. Thursday Hackathon includes challenge from Translators without Borders

My #Xmas present is The Bloomsbury Books UK Companion to the Language Industry Studies, edited by Erik Angelone, Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow & Gary Massey. Thanks to Joseline & Pat Cadwell for improving my chapter on pre-editing and post-editing. #mt #xl8n Check the impressive TOC!

Transfer Learning Approaches for Machine Translation by Alp Öktem link.medium.com/X4llqrrDx2

The WHO Academy is still looking for an experienced Chinese translator to join its new translation team. The position is remote and full-time. Please do share! lnkd.in/dWCYGJr

#WHOAcademy is going live soon with its first programmes! We are excited to seek 500+ testers for the Academy platform, app and programmes. Join us and spread the world! All welcome! Testing in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7ZC2C9B

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AI fun with subtitle generation of WHO videos -- Microsoft Azure media analyzer blocks videos about breastfeeding. Where's the intelligence, please? (Stop staring at me, robot.) And also, aren't WHO and Bill Gates supposed to have some super secret evil…lnkd.in/dNNeSYRB

My team at the WHO Academy has received a translation where the word "sick" in "sick child" was systemically dropped. In a translation for the World Health Organization! Makes me feel ... sick?

Join us at #LocLunch Geneva this Friday Apr 22 for those who are in the area lnkd.in/gkEgBr_V

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