An e-waste dumping ground | https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/10/05/g-s1-6411/electronics-public-health-waste-ghana-phones-computers
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Vukosi Marivate
@vukosi@sigmoid.social
mastodon 4.7.3Chair of Data Science, University of Pretoria🇿🇦
PhDCS Rutgers, MsEE Wits. Changing the World @ Deep Learning Indaba and MasakhaneNLP. Lab: Data Science for Social Impact
http://dsfsi.github.io
Made with ♥ in Tshwane.
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I am deeply grateful to my family, team members, mentors, close colleagues, and the administrative staff who have supported and collaborated with me along the way. Together, we’ve taken significant strides in reshaping how AI is understood and applied in South Africa, across the African continent, and beyond.
While this is the start of an exciting new chapter, it’s also a moment to reflect on the chapter just concluded.
Every Language Matters: Building a More Inclusive Digital Future https://www.undp.org/digital/blog/every-language-matters-building-more-inclusive-digital-future
Challenging The Myths of Generative AI | TechPolicy.Press https://www.techpolicy.press/challenging-the-myths-of-generative-ai/
Ars Technica: How a stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/how-a-stubborn-computer-scientist-accidentally-launched-the-deep-learning-boom/
Quantized Llama models with increased speed and a reduced memory footprint | https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-llama-quantized-lightweight-models/?_fb_noscript=1
With the accelerated advancement in generative artificial intelligence, the need for inclusive AI has never been greater.
This was one of the takeaways during a panel discussion at the recent demo day of Lelapa AI’s Vulavula natural language model solution.
SA AI start-up in push to meet diverse linguistic needs https://www.itweb.co.za/article/sa-ai-start-up-in-push-to-meet-diverse-linguistic-needs/xA9PO7NED8Wvo4J8
Were RNNs all we needed? | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01201
I’m pleased to share my Keynote/Invited Talk from the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2024.
In this talk
* Our work on low-resource languages in Africa
* Various initiatives and innovations in this area
* The importance of a transdisciplinary approach to challenges in NLP/AI and language preservation
📺 Watch the Talk Here:
Gondzo - Charting a Path for African Low-Resource Languages: A Multifaceted Approach to Research and Development
How can large language models (LLMs) help researchers with the demanding task of reviewing papers? Learn more about LLMs as reviewers and metareviewers! #LLMs #NLProc
[2406.16253] LLMs Assist NLP Researchers: Critique Paper (Meta-)Reviewing https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16253
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Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey, I couldn’t have done it without you.
For now, it’s time for a well-deserved break before diving into what comes next. Onward and upward!
To get this far, we definitely did not go alone
New paper by Fiskani Ella Banda, Vukosi Marivate & Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende:
A few-shot learning approach for multilingual agro-QA in isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans & English.
Built with GPT-3.5, BART & local data.
Read: https://doi.org/10.1002/ail2.122
Listen: https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/9ecb6a74-66a0-43fe-b7ea-bf063d9ad6e2/audio
@weblearning@social.ds106.us ohh, that's Dr Melissa Omino from CIPIT
🌍 Shaping Africa's AI Future: Insights from the Deep Learning Indaba 🌍
This MIT Technology Review article dives into some of the pivotal discussions from this year's Deep Learning Indaba, highlighting the community's dedication and the big debates shaping Africa's AI landscape—from research to funding, and policy.
What Africa needs to do to become a major AI player By Abdullahi Tsanni
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/11/1106762/africa-ai-barriers/
My talk delivered at Princeton CDH on 19 September 2024
Vukosi Marivate: A New Agenda for African Languages x AI: Everything, Everywhere, All At Once https://mediacentral.princeton.edu/media/9-19-24%3A+Vukosi+Marivate%3A+A+New+Agenda+for+African+Languages+x+AI%3A+Everything%2C+Everywhere%2C+All+At+Once/1_kyicpj0b/13468231
🚀Revisiting Izindaba-Tindzaba: Machine learning news categorization for isiZulu and Siswati! We developed annotated datasets for low-resource languages, tackling text classification. 📰🎉 Paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07426
🎙️ Check out our NotebookLM-generated 2-person podcast https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/bb1fe8d1-16df-4eea-9080-6a9fad49d741/audio
Why we fight for this community -> Deep Learning Indaba: Dakar, Senegal 2024 Highlight Reel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOewcy1-cWo
Thank you @ChinasaTOkolo for the mention of the work we are doing on the continent.
AI Leaders Discuss the Technology’s Transformative Potential | TIME https://time.com/7021119/time100-impact-dinner-ai-transformative-potential-kurzweil-okolo-kelly-kumar/