AI’s Language Puzzle: Who Has the Telescope?
Consider the classic riddle: "I saw a man on a hill with a telescope." This simple sentence, which can mean two very different things, perfectly illustrates syntactic ambiguity. It's a…
Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Consider the classic riddle: "I saw a man on a hill with a telescope." This simple sentence, which can mean two very different things, perfectly illustrates syntactic ambiguity. It's a…
That familiar red squiggle under a misspelled word isn't magic; it's a marvel of computational linguistics. This post explores the hidden science behind your spell checker, from how it calculates…
AI language models can write poetry and translate languages, but their impressive abilities mask significant linguistic blind spots. Inheriting biases from their training data, these systems often perpetuate gender stereotypes,…
Have you ever noticed you talk to Siri differently than you talk to a person? We've developed a unique "Machine Speak"—a stripped-down, command-based language that reveals a lot about our…
Every time you use a search engine, you're interacting with a sophisticated linguistic machine that does more than just match keywords. This post demystifies the linguistics behind search, explaining concepts…
John Searle's famous "Chinese Room" thought experiment poses a timeless challenge to the idea of a truly thinking machine. By exploring the crucial difference between manipulating linguistic symbols (syntax) and…
** Before an AI can understand language, a human has to teach it. This work is done by linguistic annotators, the unsung heroes who manually tag text with grammatical and…
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…
Ever wonder how your phone knows you mean the band Queen, not a monarch? This post explores the linguistic challenge of ambiguity and the clever statistical methods, like n-grams and…
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, nothing remains untouched, and language learning is no exception. The shift from traditional in-person language learning to technologically assisted...
In an era where communication has become global and instantaneous, learning languages has never been more relevant. Traditional methods of language acquisition, though still effective,...