@inproceedings{sahlgren-etal-2021-basically,
title = "It{'}s Basically the Same Language Anyway: the Case for a {N}ordic Language Model",
author = {Sahlgren, Magnus and
Carlsson, Fredrik and
Olsson, Fredrik and
B{\"o}rjeson, Love},
editor = "Dobnik, Simon and
{\O}vrelid, Lilja",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 23rd Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa)",
month = may # " 31--2 " # jun,
year = "2021",
address = "Reykjavik, Iceland (Online)",
publisher = {Link{\"o}ping University Electronic Press, Sweden},
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2021.nodalida-main.39",
pages = "367--372",
abstract = "When is it beneficial for a research community to organize a broader collaborative effort on a topic, and when should we instead promote individual efforts? In this opinion piece, we argue that we are at a stage in the development of large-scale language models where a collaborative effort is desirable, despite the fact that the preconditions for making individual contributions have never been better. We consider a number of arguments for collaboratively developing a large-scale Nordic language model, include environmental considerations, cost, data availability, language typology, cultural similarity, and transparency. Our primary goal is to raise awareness and foster a discussion about our potential impact and responsibility as NLP community.",
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%0 Conference Proceedings
%T It’s Basically the Same Language Anyway: the Case for a Nordic Language Model
%A Sahlgren, Magnus
%A Carlsson, Fredrik
%A Olsson, Fredrik
%A Börjeson, Love
%Y Dobnik, Simon
%Y Øvrelid, Lilja
%S Proceedings of the 23rd Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa)
%D 2021
%8 may 31–2 jun
%I Linköping University Electronic Press, Sweden
%C Reykjavik, Iceland (Online)
%F sahlgren-etal-2021-basically
%X When is it beneficial for a research community to organize a broader collaborative effort on a topic, and when should we instead promote individual efforts? In this opinion piece, we argue that we are at a stage in the development of large-scale language models where a collaborative effort is desirable, despite the fact that the preconditions for making individual contributions have never been better. We consider a number of arguments for collaboratively developing a large-scale Nordic language model, include environmental considerations, cost, data availability, language typology, cultural similarity, and transparency. Our primary goal is to raise awareness and foster a discussion about our potential impact and responsibility as NLP community.
%U https://aclanthology.org/2021.nodalida-main.39
%P 367-372
Markdown (Informal)
[It’s Basically the Same Language Anyway: the Case for a Nordic Language Model](https://aclanthology.org/2021.nodalida-main.39) (Sahlgren et al., NoDaLiDa 2021)
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