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South Asian Review· 2026Q1

Resource Scarcity, Script Constraints: Reevaluating AI for Urdu Digital Humanities

A. Sean Pue

Short summary

AI tools like ChatGPT are impractical for Urdu digital humanities due to resource scarcity and script constraints, necessitating specialized models.

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Key points

  • General-purpose LLMs (e.g., ChatGPT) are not practical for Urdu digital humanities.
  • Resource scarcity is a major impediment to applying current AI to Urdu.
  • The Urdu script presents unique technical challenges for AI processing.
  • Specialized AI models are required for effective Urdu digital humanities research.

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Abstract

While public discussion focuses on large language models (LLMs) designed to handle a multitude of tasks without specialized programming (such as ChatGPT), those tools are of little practical use fo...

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Field: Literature and Literary Theory

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