Contrary to what many believe that #ai technology is relatively recent in the #Arab world, I found a book during my last trip to Lebanon that reveals how research around #ai and #nlp for the Arabic language started as early as 1985. The book “Selected Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer Processing of the Arabic Language” was published in 1989, and it includes material and papers from a workshop held in Kuwait in April 1985. I scanned the first few pages and attached them to the post. If anyone is interested in specific chapters, reply to my LinkedIn post or message me, and I will scan and send them. I don’t think anyone will chase me on copyright protection. I am glad that I found what I believe is the oldest book around #arabic #ai. I am happy to share, and if you have historical material around #arabic #ai please do share.

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