Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
It sounds like something a computer should be able to do easily — translate one language to another. But despite years of trying, until recently software hasn’t improved much. But Google and cutting edge technologists may have found the perfect resource — YOU. How crowdsourcing is helping us understand one-another across language boundaries.
Guests
- Ben Bederson Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland-College Park; and Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Zumobi
- Ed Bice CEO, Meedan.net
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