▲ 111 ▼ AI investment should go towards live audio translation. Letting anyone in the world speak to anyone else, with no lag, in their own language, with just some earbuds would be revolutionary for humanity (lemmy.world) submitted 3 months ago* by subarctictundra@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments An actual worthwhile investment.
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 19 points 3 months ago (4 children) I still think we should agree on a universal sign language and then have every country teach it in school for all years of public school. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 months ago (1 child) we should agree on a universal sign language Have I got an xkcd for you! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quadrexium@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) there are 6 competing standards! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 6 points 3 months ago Now 7 permalink fedilink source parent [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children) I agree but the esperantists will be annoyed by us choosing a different language permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago There's dozens of them! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app 1 point 2 months ago* Ne, mi ankaŭ ne volis lerni esperanton. I joke, it was fun, esperantists are good people. I did it to 'cheat' at being bi-lingual, I don't think that was the best motivation. Toki pana would've been easier. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 months ago (3 children) That would be not very accessible for people with sight or hand mobility issues. We'd need a spoken form of it, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) We will never be able to have a perfect international language but considering all of the difficulties involved in creating an international that people around the world could speak, sign language that “only” alienates a small percentage of the population would be a huge improvement over the current system permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 months ago It would, but we also can do better permalink fedilink source parent [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child) We'd need a spoken form of it, too. We have, like, 3 of those: logban, Esperanto, and ..lochebem? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 point 3 months ago Haven't heard of the third one, but the first two have glaring problems that prevent them from being truly international. Esperanto in particular is extremely Eurocentric permalink fedilink source parent [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago yeah I just kinda figure we would never agree on a spoken one but I think sign language is doable. Then also would be a huge boon for those who have to use it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago Why do you think universal sign language would be better than universal spoken language? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 months ago (1 child) we should agree on a universal sign language Have I got an xkcd for you! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quadrexium@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) there are 6 competing standards! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 6 points 3 months ago Now 7 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quadrexium@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) there are 6 competing standards! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 6 points 3 months ago Now 7 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children) I agree but the esperantists will be annoyed by us choosing a different language permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago There's dozens of them! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app 1 point 2 months ago* Ne, mi ankaŭ ne volis lerni esperanton. I joke, it was fun, esperantists are good people. I did it to 'cheat' at being bi-lingual, I don't think that was the best motivation. Toki pana would've been easier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago There's dozens of them! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app 1 point 2 months ago* Ne, mi ankaŭ ne volis lerni esperanton. I joke, it was fun, esperantists are good people. I did it to 'cheat' at being bi-lingual, I don't think that was the best motivation. Toki pana would've been easier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 months ago (3 children) That would be not very accessible for people with sight or hand mobility issues. We'd need a spoken form of it, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) We will never be able to have a perfect international language but considering all of the difficulties involved in creating an international that people around the world could speak, sign language that “only” alienates a small percentage of the population would be a huge improvement over the current system permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 months ago It would, but we also can do better permalink fedilink source parent [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child) We'd need a spoken form of it, too. We have, like, 3 of those: logban, Esperanto, and ..lochebem? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 point 3 months ago Haven't heard of the third one, but the first two have glaring problems that prevent them from being truly international. Esperanto in particular is extremely Eurocentric permalink fedilink source parent [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago yeah I just kinda figure we would never agree on a spoken one but I think sign language is doable. Then also would be a huge boon for those who have to use it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) We will never be able to have a perfect international language but considering all of the difficulties involved in creating an international that people around the world could speak, sign language that “only” alienates a small percentage of the population would be a huge improvement over the current system permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 months ago It would, but we also can do better permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 months ago It would, but we also can do better permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child) We'd need a spoken form of it, too. We have, like, 3 of those: logban, Esperanto, and ..lochebem? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 point 3 months ago Haven't heard of the third one, but the first two have glaring problems that prevent them from being truly international. Esperanto in particular is extremely Eurocentric permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 point 3 months ago Haven't heard of the third one, but the first two have glaring problems that prevent them from being truly international. Esperanto in particular is extremely Eurocentric permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago yeah I just kinda figure we would never agree on a spoken one but I think sign language is doable. Then also would be a huge boon for those who have to use it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago Why do you think universal sign language would be better than universal spoken language? permalink fedilink source parent