#locworld52

Artificial Intelligence is all the rage, and in many ways people in the localization community have long had a head start in understanding its potential, watching for decades as automated translation tools steadily improved. As such, people in this profession are perhaps particularly well-suited to understand so many of the harms and risks associated with AI. In the same way that a bad translation in a critical application could cause serious consequences, an error on the part of an AI system operating in a high risk domain such as transportation or health care could be costly or even deadly. AI biases also can be incredibly damaging, which is particularly evident in areas where AI systems are used to make highly consequential decisions like ranking job candidates, scoring credit applications, or advertising housing opportunities. Biases can also be damaging in the representational sphere — where text, images, audio, and video produced by AI can reproduce damaging cultural stereotypes or produce anachronistic errors by overcompensating, as was the case with Google Gemini’s images of racially diverse Nazis. This talk explores the ethical problems associated with AI and suggests some tools that localization professionals can use to avoid them.

When: October 28-30 Where: Monterey, USA

It's one of the most discussed topics right now, coming to us in several variations: artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI (GenAI), augmented intelligence (another AI), and more.

But how do you see our industry going forward with this in our world? Is it a challenge? An opportunity? Both? As part of LocWorld52, speakers and attendees will try to answer those questions, since this year's conference is themed AI and Beyond".