Keynote: "Prospects and Pitfalls in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for language revitalization" (Part 1)

Presenter Information

• Caroline Running Wolf
• Michael Running Wolf

Location

Payne Family Native American Center, Room 105

Start Date

14-5-2026 9:30 AM

End Date

14-5-2026 10:30 AM

Description

This talk outlines major aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI), addresses systemic barriers to Indigenous-led AI, and attempts to reach beyond the hype of AI to discuss its practical applications for community-led language revitalization. Indigenous languages and the traditional knowledge encoded within are a valuable resource, especially to academia and big tech mining the internet to train generative AI.

Comments

This talk has been uploaded in 3 parts. This is part 1.

Prospects and Pitfalls in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for language revitalization: Part 2

Prospects and Pitfalls in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for language revitalization: Part 3

Recommended Citation

Running Wolf, Caroline and Running Wolf, Michael, "Keynote: "Prospects and Pitfalls in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for language revitalization" (Part 1)" (2026). CISL 2026 Keynote and Plenary Sessions. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cisl2026_plenaries/1