[NonHyloMorph]

I think it is highly rational. You see it from the wrong point of view. It seems to be less a short utilitarian project or economic endeavour, but a cultural one. Think about it more of in terms of applied humanities. Which languages go extinct, which cultures disappear and are superseded by a monocultural globalist hegemony.

[snorremd]

Exactly. Nasjonalbiblioteket (National Library of Norway) has centuries of written material (Bokmål, Nynorsk and some Sami) and decades of audio and video material featuring varied dialects from all over the country. I believe training models that encompass this information can help in preserving both our language, history, and culture for future generations that increasingly turn to AI to get their information.