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Evolutionary Linguistics Computational Linguistics AI Future

Speaking to Themselves: The Unsettling Rise of Inter-AI Languages We Can’t Understand

Estimated read time 6 min read

When two AI systems are tasked to work together, they often develop their own optimized, private language to communicate more efficiently—a language we can’t understand. This phenomenon of emergent AI communication offers a fascinating and unsettling look into non-human “cognition.” By exploring these alien tongues, we confront profound questions about the nature of language and the future of our relationship with artificial intelligence.

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The Billion-Word Crystal Ball: How Corpus Linguistics Predicts the Future of Language

Estimated read time 6 min read

Ever wonder how new words like ‘rizz’ make it into the dictionary or why grammar rules seem to change over time? The answer lies in corpus linguistics, a fascinating field that uses massive, billion-word databases to analyze language as it’s actually used. This data-driven approach not only chronicles our language’s past but can even help predict its future.