All Things Policy The Language of Intelligence
Nov 6, 2025
Om Shiv Prakash, a founding trustee of Servants of Knowledge, dives into the vital connection between language technology and Indian identity. He discusses the challenges of making AI inclusive for all languages, emphasizing the lack of digitized data and the importance of oral histories. Om critiques corporate solutions that overlook marginalized languages and champions grassroots initiatives for community-driven language models. He also highlights the need for government support in open data and accessibility to ensure that AI truly reflects India's diverse linguistic landscape.
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Tech Speaks English First
- Tech defaults to English while devices quietly learn other languages imperfectly.
- Om Shiv Prakash warns Indian languages remain poorly served and tech understanding lags everyday speech.
Data Scarcity Blocks Language AI
- Most Indian knowledge remains undigitized or trapped in silos.
- Om Shiv Prakash says missing open, consolidated corpora prevents language tech progress.
Activate Communities To Build Corpora
- Mobilize communities to create language data; people want tech in their mother tongues.
- Demand and community-driven data will push corporates to support more languages, Om Shiv Prakash advises.