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arXiv Computation and Language By Giulia Occhini, Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii, Anna Barford, Refael Tikochinski, Songbo Hu, Roi Reichart, Yijie Zhou, ester James V. Miranda, Hannah Claus, Ulla Petti, Ivan Vuli\'c, Ramit Debnath, Anna Korhonen

Artificial intelligence is creating a new global linguistic hierarchy

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The paper analyzes the distribution of artificial intelligence resources across 6,003 languages, revealing that a small number of languages dominate and that disparities are widening exponentially. It compares the diffusion of AI with earlier information technologies, noting a hype-driven spread pattern. The authors introduce the Language AI Readiness Index (EQUATE) to map technological, socio-economic, and infrastructural prerequisites for AI deployment, aiming to guide equitable diffusion of language AI.

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