AI and the Future of Identity - Episode 3: Can AI Save Dying Languages or Erase Cultural Identity Forever? The Truth About Digital Preservation

AI Innovations Unleashed by JR DeLaney

S14 E03
41:20
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Episode 3: Culture vs. Code – Can AI Save Languages or Erase Identity?

Every two weeks, a human language disappears forever. With 40% of the world's 7,000 languages endangered, we're facing a linguistic extinction crisis—and AI might be both the problem and the solution.

In this episode, Dr. JR talks with fictional expert Dr. Samantha Chen about the intersection of artificial intelligence and cultural preservation. We explore how tech giants like Google and Microsoft are racing to document endangered languages, why indigenous communities are demanding data sovereignty, and whether digital preservation actually saves culture or just creates sophisticated museums.

Topics Covered:

  • The global language extinction crisis (90% could disappear by 2100)
  • Google's Universal Speech Model  ... 
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Keywords
AI and the Future of Identity Series - Dec 2025AI Language PreservationIndigenous Data SovereigntyLanguage Extinction CrisisGoogle Universal Speech ModelMicrosoft Indigenous LanguagesOACP PrinciplesKaitiakitanga LicenseCultural HomogenizationEndangered Languages