Various organizations and individuals are leveraging AI and machine learning to translate educational materials from French into local languages in Mali. Initiatives like RobotsMali and Ada'i Circle are using tools like ChatGPT and Google Translate to help students learn in their mother tongue, aiming to prevent language marginalization and preserve cultural knowledge.
“We don’t want languages to be marginalized, because every language contains a culture [and] knowledge that we must not lose.” Inside the machine learning project to get Mali’s students learning in local languages https://t.co/zZ9RA1BixJ
French was Mali’s official language for 63 years, but a new effort is underway to use machine learning to translate children’s story- and textbooks to an array of native languages https://t.co/zZ9RA1BixJ
RobotsMali uses ChatGPT, Google Translate, and other AI tools to translate French into local languages, in the hopes of helping young students in Mali learn faster and stay in school https://t.co/zZ9RA1BixJ https://t.co/FjteZXXg9H
Jospin Hassan, the founder of @adai_circle, has drawn on programs from @mitopenlearning and @mitRAISE, including curricula developed by @MITprg, to build data science + AI skill sets and share them with his community at the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi. https://t.co/INZe289Z7S
French was Mali’s official language from 1960 until 2023, when the military government removed it. Now AI is being used to translate children’s school books into local languages New from @AnnieRisemberg and @tarykuh https://t.co/zZ9RA1BixJ
Check out @ROBOTSMALI1 's feature on @restofworld. #RobotsMali 's work in using #genAI to create learning materials in local languages is helping children in #Mali learn in their mother tongue. Link to the article: https://t.co/9iKCQqVoVC #contentcreation #aiforeducation
Sparsh Maheswari, a master’s student in @PennSP2, interned with Atmashakti Trust, an Indian nonprofit dedicated to assisting vulnerable and marginalized populations. https://t.co/NnixP9oViG