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The ‘Gavagai’ Problem: How We Map Words to Reality

Imagine a speaker in a new language points to a rabbit and says "gavagai." How do you know if it…

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AI’s Sign Language Problem

We've taught AI to understand our spoken words, but sign language presents a far greater challenge that goes beyond tracking…

3 weeks ago

How Algorithms Read Your Resume

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) don't "read" your resume; they parse it using strict linguistic rules. To get past this digital…

3 weeks ago

Error Cascades: One Typo, System-Wide Failure

How can a single misplaced comma bring down an entire software system? This piece explores "error cascades" from a linguistic…

4 weeks ago

AI’s Tone Shift: The Linguistics

The startlingly human new AI voices are more than a programming feat; they represent a breakthrough in computational prosody. Linguistics…

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The Ghost in the AI: Rediscovering Linguistics

We think of AI models as magical black boxes, but what if they're simply rediscovering the rules of language that…

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The Anti-Turing Test: What is Author Verification?

Author verification is the "Anti-Turing Test"—a field of linguistic forensics that determines if a specific person wrote a given text.…

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Digitizing the Dead Sea Scrolls: An OCR Puzzle

Teaching a computer to read is simple, but what if the text is a 2,000-year-old, fragmented manuscript written in an…

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Future of Language: AI & What’s Next

Artificial intelligence is not just a tool; it's actively reshaping the very fabric of human communication. From real-time translators that…

4 months ago

The Crossword’s AI Ghostwriter

Modern crosswords are not just a product of human ingenuity but a sophisticated collaboration with AI. This "ghostwriter" in the…

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