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Since most languages have dialects of similar "standard" form divergence, it's an NLP problem that would have to be addressed anyway. While slang might be hard
by alphonsegaston 10y ago
Since most languages have dialects of similar "standard" form divergence, it's an NLP problem that would have to be addressed anyway. While slang might be hard to keep up with, the grammatical patterns of AAVE are well-documented and understood by linguists, and there's plenty of data to model.
The issue of prejudice stems from refusing to treat AAVE as a valid input to an AI, mirroring the racism in American culture that similarly devalues and excludes it. Output can conform to some approximation of "standard" form without being problematic, following the pattern of interaction between standard and dialect speakers. As a speaker of the standard, it's gauche and derisive to imitate or refuse or comprehend a dialect speaker, not to respond in your own form.