- <p>I participate part-time in AI research and regularly contribute to open source because I have noticed firsthand the importance of having people of various backgrounds work on technology together. At Bebrige Inc., where I work as a software engineer, I have observed that many of the features [link to my projects] I work on, usually work very well in the English language by default and then work well in Korean later. I usually need some assistance from a Korean college of mine to translate them into Korean. This means there is naturally a time lag until these features are available to our Korean language-speaking users. For most simple apps and technology, this is not a big deal. However, when it comes to AI-based features like the real-time video transcription feature, our chatbot - AI Sliddy, or the video summarization engine that I built, this is a big deal. AI is such a powerful tool that if only a portion of the population (or a small part of your users) have access to it, they immediately have a significant advantage over the other users. AI is so important that it can’t just work well for only a few people. It should benefit everyone, not just the wealthiest countries and brightest minds. The only way to ensure this is to make sure people of different backgrounds work together in AI research and development. As an African engineer, I don’t take for granted the opportunity I have to represent my continent in being able to participate in building the technology of the future. I consider it my responsibility to work on it so that people like me can use it.</p>
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