2025/07/23 by Burton-Jones Andrew, Amano Tatsuya, J.F. Boyce +14 · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Computer Science · #Ethics and Social Impacts of AI #Computational and Text Analysis Methods #AI in Service Interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.3127/ajis.v29.5875
Humanity is linguistically diverse, but science is not. Academic success requires English-language mastery. Every major conference, every major journal – even this one – assumes it. English-language bias in science is so strong that it is taken for granted by most scientists and scientific associations, never talked about nor addressed. This is unfair and creates great costs and missed opportunities. It is also unnecessary. Artificial intelligence (AI) translation tools are becoming very good, very fast, allowing us to foresee a multilingual science. Our provocation to readers is: How should we harness AI translation tools for a more impactful, inclusive science? This is a challenge ideally suited to Information Systems scholars because it involves designing sociotechnical artifacts and practices for a better future. To demonstrate feasibility, this article went through a multilingual review process and is published in five languages, all enabled by AI translation.