“ChinAI #242: The Long Road to Speech AI (part 2)” by Jeffrey Ding

Subtitle: JHU in the 1990s to large language models in the 2020s. Greetings from a world where…sisig is now my favorite food (Hawks had a bye week)…As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors).Feature Translation: The Road to Speech AI (part 2)Context: Last week, we began reading about Johns Hopkins University's Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP), and some of the Chinese AI researchers connected to the center. We heard stories about Peng Xu, who got his PhD at CLSP, worked at Google, and now works on large language models as a VP of Ant Group (Alibaba affiliate). We learned about Zhifei Li, who graduated from CLSP five years after Peng Xu, made important [...] --- First published: October 30th, 2023 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-242-the-long-road-to-speech --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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Narrations of the ChinAI Newsletter by Jeffrey Ding. China is becoming an indispensable part of the global AI landscape. Alongside the rise of China’s AI capabilities, a surge of Chinese writing and scholarship on AI-related topics is shedding light on a range of fascinating topics, including: China’s grand strategy for advanced technology like AI, the characteristics of key Chinese AI actors (e.g. companies and individual thinkers), and the ethical implications of AI development. While traditional media and China specialists can provide important insights on these questions through on-the-ground reporting and extensive background knowledge, ChinAI takes a different approach: it bets on the proposition that for many of these issues, the people with the most knowledge and insight are Chinese people themselves who are sharing their insights in Chinese. Through translating articles and documents from government departments, think tanks, traditional media, and newer forms of “self-media,” etc., ChinAI provides a unique look into the intersection between a country that is changing the world and a technology that is doing the same.