AI is struggling with Bilinguals — Will Multimodal AI solve the problem?
As a trilingual myself, Smart Assistant and AI seem to struggle with me
My problem with smart assistants and AI started with the introduction of Siri back in October 2011. I tested it for a while but immediately noticed it was not as bright as it was marketed. It is easier for me to grab my phone and use my tabbing fingers to do whatever I want.
I owe you an explanation first.
I speak three languages, and I use all three of them at once. My smartphone, Alexa, smart TV, and video gaming console are all set to English. We speak Arabic at home, and we live in Germany.
Alexa or Siri will have to understand us speaking English while pronouncing Streets, cities, or contact names in German and even Arabic. And my dear Readers, this has always been an issue for the so-called smart assistants.
This problem cannot be swept under the rug; 60% of the world's population speaks more than one language. So, it is a massive issue if AI or smart assistants can not perform bilingually.
I tested Siri in Arabic — the experience was horrible. Arabic Alexa isn't available in my location. So I haven't tried it yet.
