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“ChinAI #241: The Long Road to Speech AI” by Jeffrey Ding

Oct 23, 2023

Discover the impactful journey of Chinese AI researchers at Johns Hopkins University, including their contributions to speech recognition and language processing. Learn about key figures like Jeleneck and Ping Su, and their influence on AI at Google. Delves into diverse AI topics such as voice interaction startups, AI chip export guidelines, and job hiring in AI governance and policy.

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Chinese scientists from Johns Hopkins played a pivotal role in developing speech AI technologies.

Transition of these researchers from academia to industry giants has influenced voice assistants and machine translation services.

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Chinese AI Researchers at Johns Hopkins University's Impact on Speech AI Development

Chinese scientists connected to Johns Hopkins University's Center for Language and Speech Processing have significantly contributed to the development of AI that understands, translates, and produces speech. Beginning in 1999 with Ping Su's PhD at CLSP and mentioning Frederick Jelinek's pioneering work on speech recognition at IBM, the podcast describes the journey of these researchers to companies like Google and Ant Group, major players in speaking AI development. Their efforts have influenced voice assistants like Siri and the emergence of large language models in today's tech landscape.

Introduction

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Historical Background and Personal Stories of Chinese AI Researchers in CLSP and Google

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Exploring Diverse AI Topics and Initiatives

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Subtitle: A history of Chinese AI researchers at Johns Hopkins University's Center for Language and Speech Processing.

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Feature Translation: The Road to Speech AI

Context: We’ve now transitioned from the “another issue, another white paper” phase of ChinAI into the “another issue, another deep history” phase. Thanks to Zachary Arnold for sharing this longform Leiphone article (link to original Chinese), recommended by the [...]

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First published:
October 23rd, 2023

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-241-the-long-road-to-speech

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