How AI can help shatter barriers to equality | Jamila Gordon

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My father used to call me Jamila "Gabar Nasiib Nasiib Badan,"

我爸爸曾叫我贾米拉（Jamila）， “Gabar Nasiib Nasiib Badan,”

which means Jamila "The Lucky, Lucky Girl."

意思是 “贾米拉是 非常、非常幸运的女孩。”

And I have been very fortunate in my life.

而我一生的运气都非常好。

My family were originally nomads.

我的家人原是游牧民族，

And when it rained the night I was born,

我出生的那晚下了场雨，

they stopped in a tiny village that looked a bit like this,

他们就停在了类似图中 这样的一个小村庄，

where we lived in the next 11 years

也就是我们之后生活了 11 年的地方。

until drought and a war with Ethiopia

直到旱灾和与埃塞俄比亚的战争，

forced us to move to Somali's capital, Mogadishu.

我们被迫搬迁到 索马里的首都，摩加迪沙。

When I was 18,

当我 18 岁时，我的父亲意识到

my father realized Somalia was headed for a civil war

索马里将要迎来一场内战，

and we are all at risk of being killed.

而我们都有被杀害的风险。

He did his best

他尽其所能

to get me and my 13 brothers and sisters out of the country.

将我和 13 名兄弟姐妹送出索马里，

The family was scattered to the wind.

整个家庭四散分离。

I was lucky.

我非常幸运，

I ended up on my own as a displaced person in Kenya,

我成了一个难民独自来到肯尼亚，

and I was fortunate to come to Australia

而我有幸来到澳大利亚，

thanks to a backpacker who I met there.

多亏了在那里认识的一个背包客。

I was incredibly grateful

当澳大利亚政府

在我学习英语的同时 给我发放失业救济金时，

when the Australian government gave me unemployment benefits

while I learned English,

我非常感激。

but I wanted to find work as soon as I could.

但是我想尽早地找到工作，

I learned about a Japanese restaurant that was hiring,

我打听到一间日式餐厅正在招聘，

and I thought, "What do I have to lose?"

而我就想， “我还有什么可以失去的呢？”

Mami, the woman who ran front of house,

玛米，也就是餐厅的负责人，

figured my poor English might be a problem,

意识到我有限的英语能力 可能会带来问题，

so she sent me to the kitchen to meet her husband, Yoshi.

所以她把我派到厨房 去见他的老公，尤西。

Now, Yoshi didn't speak much English either,

尤西的英文也不是很好，

but we managed to communicate with one another.

但我们仍能和对方沟通。

He hired me as a dishwasher and trained me as a kitchen hand.

他以洗碗工的身份雇佣了我，

并训练我称为了厨房帮工。

Now, that couple's kindness set me on a path

那对夫妇的善良为我开辟了一条道路，

where hard work and persistence led me to my graduation

使得我通过努力和坚持

获得软件开发的文凭。

as a software developer

and went on to become a global executive with IBM

而后，成为国际商业机器公司 （IBM）的全球高管，

and later, chief information officer of Qantas Airways.

以及后来成为澳大利亚航空 （Qantas）的首席信息官。

Now I want artificial intelligence

现在，我想要通过人工智能

to do at a massive scale what that couple did for me:

大规模践行那对夫妇为我做的一切：

give disadvantaged people tools to find work,

也就是给予弱势群体寻找工作的技能，

give them the skills to be great at their jobs,

给予他们成功的技能，

get them to do their jobs safely,

让他们能够安全地工作，

to give them a break.

并给予他们一个突破。

You hear stories

你会听到有人说，人工智能

about how artificial intelligence is going to take away jobs

将会取代很多工作，让一切自动化。

and automate everything.

And in some cases that might be true,

在某些方面这是事实，

but I can tell you in the real world right now,

但我能够告诉你，在这个现实世界中

AI is making amazing things possible for organizations

人工智能为了很多 那些原本会被抛弃的

and for people who otherwise would have been left behind.

组织和人们创造了很多了不起的事。

Language, education and location are no longer the barriers they once were.

语言，教育和位置

不再是障碍。

And to help break down those barriers

而为了突破这些障碍

is one of the reasons I founded my company.

是我创立我公司的原因之一，

Much of our work is in global food supply chains,

我们的大部分工作重心是 在全球食品供应链方面，

especially in the meat industry.

尤其是肉类产业。

We use computer vision-based AI

我们通过计算机视觉的人工智能

to create transparency for consumers

为消费者制造透明度，

and to reward producers who operate ethically and sustainably.

并且去奖励那些遵循伦理 和致力于可持续性目标的生产商。

But AI can do much more than that.

但是人工智能做到更多，

For example, it can notice unsafe behaviors,

举个例子，它能够预警不安全的行为，

like if someone is not wearing their personal protective gear correctly,

比如有员工没有正确地 正确穿戴个人防护用品，

or someone not following the hygiene procedures,

或者是有员工没有遵守卫生措施，

or if someone needs help on how to carry out a specific task

或者如果有人 因为没有正确地遵守指示

执行某项任务而需要帮助。

because they're not following the recipe correctly.

We can make sure people are socially distancing

我们可以确保员工保持社交距离，

and can provide contact tracing if needed.

并在需要的情况下 提供密切接触者追踪，

We then deliver individualized training to that person's preferred language

我们也能够提供个人化的训练，

而且还是根据员工的母语

both in written and audio formats.

提供书面和音频的训练。

Now, ability to read or write or to speak the local language

现在，去读、写和说当地语言

are no longer the obstacles they once were.

不再是障碍，

Many of the employees in the food industry

很多在食品产业的员工

are often migrants, refugees or people from disadvantaged backgrounds

都是移民者，难民，

或来自于弱势的群体，

who might not be able to speak the local language

他们或许不能以当地语言交谈，

and often might not be able to read or write well.

很多时候也不能很好地读写该语言。

In fact, one of our customers

其实，我们有一位客户，

has 49 languages spoken in some of their facilities,

在他企业里所用的语言多达 49 种，

with English long way down the list.

而英语则是排在最后的几位。

When we can see opportunities for improvements

当我们看到改善的机会，

and then deliver training with that person's preferred language,

并采用个人偏好的语言提供训练时，

it makes huge difference to the organization and to its people.

这能大大地改善

该组织和其中的员工，

And that is only the beginning.

而这只是个开始。

When I was very young --

当我还很年轻的时候——

about five or six years old, living in that tiny village --

大概还是五六岁的孩子时， 我在那个小村庄里——

one of my jobs was to carry buckets of water

我的其中一个任务 就是将装好水的水桶，

from the well to the huts.

从水井运到村庄

And I remember putting the buckets down in every 20 meters or so

我记得我每走 20 米路，

我就会放下水桶，

and how the handles digged into my hands.

水桶的提手是怎样勒进我的手掌，

They were so heavy,

这些水桶非常重，而我非常娇小，

and I was so scrawny because we didn't have enough to eat.

因为我们没有足够的食物。

Even though that experience taught me resilience,

尽管那段经历让我学会了坚韧不拔，

it's not something I want any other child to go through.

但我不想让任何 一个孩子有这样的经历，

I want to live in a world where people are not limited

我希望生活在这样一个世界里，

人们不会受当地语言、地理、 缺乏知识和培训的限制，

by local language, by geography,

by lack of access to knowledge and training,

where everyone is safe at work,

一个大家都能安全工作的世界，

when nobody's excluded because they cannot read or write,

一个没有人因不能读或写 而受到排挤的世界，

where everyone can fulfill their potential.

一个大家都能发挥潜力的世界，

Now AI can deliver this world.

现在，人工智能 可以为大家提供这个世界。

Thank you.

谢谢。