It can’t help in face-to-face conversations though, which is a great part of an impression someone has of you, especially with respect to interviews or 1-on-1s during conferences, etc.
Maybe ‘soon’ is slightly too strong, it may take a few years for the tech and the culture to adapt. But voice recognition, translation and language/grammar tools are advancing very quickly.
I imagine in-ear devices that give you quick summaries and translations, and suggest responses or real-time adjustments to what you are saying. And people will become more OK with using these tools in conversation.
I agree it’s an important skill, but I also think its value is declining due to the ability of ChatGPT to help edit the posts of non-native speakers.
That seems symmetric though, in the sense that ChatGPT can also help with many of the issues mentioned in this post
It can’t help in face-to-face conversations though, which is a great part of an impression someone has of you, especially with respect to interviews or 1-on-1s during conferences, etc.
It will be able to do this soon I think
Maybe ‘soon’ is slightly too strong, it may take a few years for the tech and the culture to adapt. But voice recognition, translation and language/grammar tools are advancing very quickly.
I imagine in-ear devices that give you quick summaries and translations, and suggest responses or real-time adjustments to what you are saying. And people will become more OK with using these tools in conversation.
These already exist and they are getting pretty good, people say.
https://bsky.app/profile/joshuafmask.bsky.social/post/3lcm22p6nsc2o
Amazing! Thanks for sharing.