The Language Project Podcast
Come and take a listen to all the ways that language impacts our society! In this podcast we'll explore various topics related to language - everything from how it defines us as humans, how it manifests itself in our technology and our media and arts and impacts the way we think, and how its automation makes our lives easier but also brings its own set of ethical challenges. I'll be joined by many special guests whose own lives have been notably impacted by language, as well as experts in the field of linguistics.
The Language Project Podcast
Conversational Assistants in Linguistics
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Jay Mason
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Season 1
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Episode 6
In this podcast, I'll explore the topic of conversational assistants. We'll talk about concepts such as high involvement vs high considerateness speakers, contextualization clues, the importance of diversity in language models, and whether a bot should have gender identity. We'll also have the opportunity to hear from one of our previous guests, Greg Bennett, a conversational designer in the tech field.