Kashmir AI Research is working to preserve Kashmiri in the digital age by helping AI learn it, so that computers can translate Kashmiri into English and English into Kashmiri. As a first step, we need native speakers to check how well today's programs understand Kashmiri.
Faizan Ayoub asks permission to run this activity with teachers and students, in class time or after school. Participants read Kashmiri sentences and mark the mistakes in three computer translations of each. The sentences come from a public dataset (SMOL, by Google) and hold no personal information.
- Teachers take part only if they sign Form A. Their markings are used in a research paper under a code, never by name.
- Students take part only if a parent or guardian signs Form C and the student signs Form D. Until a partner ethics committee approves the student part, students' answers are a classroom activity only and are not used in the research.
- No photos, audio or video are taken. No student's name, class list or contact details leave the school.
- Any teacher or student can stop at any time, and the school can withdraw this permission at any time.
- The school receives a summary of the results. It is named in the paper only if it ticks the box below.