#l18n

waynerad@diasp.org

"I've been asked multiple times, 'Why are you creating a Moroccan AI?' Today I want to share the story behind Sawalni, the first AI in history to speak our beautiful Moroccan Darija, with all of you."

"A priority for me was to make Sawalni feel like it truly understands us Moroccans, our quirks, our traditions and our unique way of life." "Our country is rich in culture, with a history extending over a thousand years, yet we have so little information available in our own language. It doesn't feel right, does it?"

"Now, imagine having an AI buddy who's not just another tech gadget but a catalyst for prosperity. That's Sawalni for you. It's designed to help every Moroccan, regardless of their background or education, to improve in what they do. It's about making the world's knowledge accessible to every Moroccan, on our own terms."

"For me, this all hits close to home. I grew up loving computers, but I was always limited by language. Now, thanks to Sawalni and its ground-breaking LLM technology, we've conquered the challenge of understanding and responding to Moroccan Darija nuances. Now, we have an AI tool that delivers knowledge in Moroccan, while feeling like you're just chatting with a friend."

Shaping the Future with Sawalni: The Dawn of Moroccan AI | Omar Kamali

#solidstatelife #ai #genai #llms #l18n #i18n #morocco

adolar@pod.dapor.net

Blast from the Past: Pingus

I have to give a terrible course this semester for which nobody can tell me what exactly I should do there, nobody can give me materials, I don't have any materials and without materials that course is basically useless. But since nobody cares anyway and that course is theoretically related to translation, I decided to teach my students things related to translation - which includes software localization, which I am showing them now, starting with gettext, which I explain using the game Pingus.

If you don't know Pingus, it's an open source clone of Lemmings. If you don't know Lemmings, I envy you for your youth. Pingus is kind of a puzzle(?) game, where you need to assign certain skills to certain penguins to direct as many of them as possible to the exit of a map. Pingus is 25 years old, Lemmings even older. My students are younger than the game, but what can I say: After I had shown them the basic idea behind the game, all my students were suddenly busy competing in a game older than any of them.

Well, next week we'll surely get some translation done...
#FOSS #L18n #gettext #pingus