Thandeka Ngubeni
@thandekangubeni1
AI specialist focused on linguistic data, localization, and ethical content moderation.
What I'm looking for
I am an AI specialist with hands-on experience creating and curating high-quality linguistic datasets in English and Zulu. I focus on producing culturally relevant, guideline-compliant content that improves AI natural language understanding and model safety.
My recent work includes authoring over 2,000 original Zulu sentences for textual construction projects and serving as a Quality Assessor for Zulu content, demonstrating consistent accuracy and attention to linguistic nuance.
I have contributed to content moderation and safe-completion efforts by transforming AI-generated toxic prompts into benign, culturally appropriate outputs, and I have annotated multimodal data (video, text, images) to support computer vision model development.
I bring strong attention to detail, localization and transcription skills, and a commitment to ethical AI practices, seeking roles where I can apply my linguistic expertise to improve model performance and cultural alignment.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Created and curated over 2,000 original Zulu sentences across diverse topics, ensuring cultural relevance and linguistic accuracy to improve AI natural language understanding.
Rewrote AI-generated toxic prompts into benign, culturally appropriate completions while preserving meaning and following strict linguistic and ethical guidelines.
Annotated video, text, and image data and provided detailed object descriptions in 360-degree videos to support development of computer vision models and high-quality training datasets.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Lerato UThando Secondary High School
High School Certificate, Secondary Education
2020 - 2022
Activities and societies: Studied Zulu Home Language and English.
Completed secondary education with focus on Zulu Home Language and English between 2020 and 2022.
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