What do you know about AIxAI? Check out #DeafSafeAI

[Steph Kent]

Hi all,

Automatic Interpreting (AI) by Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be coming fast for spoken languages.  What about for signed languages?

Last fall, the Advisory Group on AI and Sign Language Interpreting hosted a three-webinar information series, "Are Deaf Communities READY for AI?" 

Those webinars became the main source for a qualitative discourse analysis of deaf collective intelligence about DeafSafeAIxAI. 

Feel free to share the report with friends, colleagues, via social media and use the hashtag #DeafSafeAI.

Plus, you're invited to register for the Zoom webinar about the report, called Toward a Legal Foundation for Ubiquitous Automated Interpreting by Artificial Intelligence

Date & Time: Fri, Mar 1, 10 am-12 pm CST, login at 9:45am

Register: https://masterword.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0ndPwRMHTxyhZMT5S0dycQ

Tim Riker (Brown University), Teresa Blankmeyer Burke (Gallaudet University), Holly Jackson (NAOBI-Atlanta), Jeff Shaul (GoSign) and AnnMarie Killian (TDI) will share insights on the readiness of society and technology to provide automated interpreting by artificial intelligence (AIxAI) based on an analysis of deaf discourse about AIxAI. Presented by the Advisory Group on AI and Sign Language Interpreting, this qualitative study offers criteria for three critical impact areas that could undergird safety and fairness of AIxAI for all languages.

If you want to know about perceptions from the spoken language side of AIxAI, there will be a different webinar called, Perceptions on Automated Interpreting

Date & Time: Thu, Feb 29, 10 am-11:30 am CST

Register: https://streamyard.com/watch/DueHvQTcJWh8

Hélène Pielmeier, Senior Analyst at CSA Research, will present key findings from a large-scale perception survey on automated interpreting and answer your questions. This comprehensive report spans over 9,400 datapoints from end-users, requestors, and providers of interpreting services and technology.

Both events will be accessible in ASL and English.

Watch both to learn about the research insights from these recent studies and foster an inclusive dialogue on AI in interpreting, and contribute to the development of comprehensive guidelines for the safe use of AI in interpreting.

For further information, read the latest press release, or email in...@safeaitf.org

We look forward to your participation in these historical forums.

Best regards,

steph on behalf of the Advisory Group on AI and Sign Language Interpreting and the Interpreting SAFE AI Task Force

[Stephanie Jo Kent]

Thanks for your question, Janice.

It is my understanding that there will be recordings that will be available for later viewing. If so, I'll post the links here once they are available.

In the meantime, you can read the 14-page report :)

best,

steph

On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 10:48:20 AM UTC-5 Janice Cagan-Teuber wrote:

Steph,

Thank you for the announcements regarding interpreting and AI.  Unfortunately, I will be working during the times of the webinars.  Do you know if they will be recorded so that those of us who cannot "attend" will be able to view them later?

Thanks, Janice

Janice L. Cagan-Teuber, M.Ed.

Nationally Certified ASL/English Interpreter

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