Digital Trends in Language and Literature & Dana Inspirasi Malaysia
I had the pleasure to officiate International Conference on Language and Literature (ICLL 2020). It was jointly organised by Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences of IIUM, Western Sydney University, Australia & Jinan University, China.
It was attended by 150 presenters coming from 16 different countries. It was a great event of this high diversity. The theme of the conference was equally impressive. The time has come to see how digital technology co-relates with language & literature. In my speech, I have mentioned that machine learning which is based on Natural Language Processing (NLP) & Natural Language Generation (NLG) has already penetrated not only hard sciences but also humanities and languages.
In the world of academia, some of us are still sceptics & worried about the rise of robotic technology or smart algorithm in the era of IR 4.0 that may dilute humanity & human values. I was worried too. Now I am a practitioner of IR 4.0 in big way. I am convinced that ignorance will surely lead us to decline and backwardness. Intelligence may however cut both ways; good and bad values. Dont kill the knowledge for its bad impact as the same knowledge can be used to empower people.
After the event, I had a meeting in KL over a nice Japenese food & the theme of fintech and finance. Interesting discussion amongst colleagues. Yes, there are many disruptors to traditional practices in many areas. I mooted the idea of 'disrupting the disruptors' as the way forward. I will enligthen this later at the right time. I started reading heavily on this matter.
Sebelah petang, saya hadir dalam sesi interview dengan media di pejabat saya di YaPEIM. Tema utama adalah Dana Inspirasi Malaysia (Inspirasiku). Banyak soalan yang diajukan; kenapa dan bila timbul idea ini, jumlah sumbangan yang terkumpul, berapa ramai yang sudah memohon; bolehkah YaPEIM menyantuni semua yang memohon dan pelbagai lagi. Ini bahagian I.
Bahagian II lebih kritis; adakah dana ini boleh sustainable (lestari); apa sebenarnya peranan yang ingin dimainkan oleh YaPEIM & apa visi agung YaPEIM. Nanti cetakan media.
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