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‘Sorry, I didn’t get that’: AI misunderstands some people’s words more than others

  • Written by Roberto Rey Agudo, Research Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Dartmouth College
imageSpeech recognition systems are less accurate for women and Black people, among other demographics.Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images

The idea of a humanlike artificial intelligence assistant that you can speak with has been alive in many people’s imaginations since the release of “Her,” Spike Jonze’s 2013 film about...

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