We are exploring the construction of a multilingual international forum 
As part of our Gen AI Business Finland project, we are investigating the possibilities of creating a multilingual forum that connects Inderes members across country and language borders.
Why?
We want to connect investors and companies, and quality investment discussion knows no language barriers. However, language-independent natural discussion has not been possible before, or its implementation has been incredibly expensive. Now, new AI language models enable multilingual discussion even in an investment context.
What would this mean in practice?
In the future, Inderes would have only one forum where the user sees messages in their preferred language. This would not change the current situation, but in the future, some messages could originally be written in a different language. Currently, some threads already contain English messages, but in the target state, these would be automatically translated, depending on the user’s preferred language and settings. As a result, the less used .se and .dk forums will be discontinued, and users will be directed to the current forum.
When?
Over the summer, we will investigate the technical implementation and limitations, and conduct various experiments. We want to keep the bar high for user experience and the natural flow of discussion, so the intention is not to create a half-baked version.
Our community and analysis team believes that language independence would enrich company discussions and the number of companies covered. However, for this to succeed, it requires sufficiently good technical implementation and moderation.
What are your thoughts on this? 