AI'S GLOBAL VILLAGE OPENS WIDER TO MORE VOICES

Developers look to break from yoke of English language, cater to all groups of people

Artificial intelligence engineer Jacky Chan Ho-kit has conflicting feelings about his industry.

While he looks forward to a future where AI reaches its pinnacle — possessing humanlike cognitive capabilities — he is deeply concerned that it will only understand English.

"Given the language status quo, this is highly likely to be a reality rather than just alarmism," he said.