AI speaks Kannada; student bargains auto fare in Bengaluru using ChatGPT: ‘Divided by language, united by Technologiya’
Content creator Sajan Mahto demonstrated how ChatGPT’s voice assistant could be used to overcome language barriers in everyday scenarios.
After receiving the prompt, ChatGPT responded in fluent Kannada, explaining Mahto’s situation to the auto driver Language differences have long been a source of both diversity and disagreement in India. Lately, in cities like Bengaluru and Mumbai, there have been many reports about locals insisting travellers, and even residents who are originally from other parts of the country, speak Kannada and Marathi, respectively.
At such a time, a video showing how artificial intelligence–specifically OpenAI’s ChatGPT–can bridge this language gap has gone viral.
In the clip, content creator Sajan Mahto demonstrated how ChatGPT’s voice assistant could be used to overcome language barriers in everyday scenarios. The video shows him asking the AI, “Auto guy saying that the fare is Rs 200, I want him to reduce it to Rs 100. I am a student and I cross from here daily. Talk to him nicely, like my bigger brother.”