4min chapter

Listening to America cover image

#1554 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Civilization

Listening to America

CHAPTER

The Future of Language Restoration

The last known speaker of the Mandan language, Mandan Indians, in North Dakota died a few years ago. He was miked up and had him tell stories and do alphabets but just followed him through life ordering food at a restaurant or talking with his friends. Now we have this immense file of Edwin Benson speaking Mandan. There's no reason why we couldn't a create a Mandan dictionary, a Mandan grammar or create training programs based on that to teach young people how to speak this language.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode