On language, belonging, and embracing the different versions of ourselves.
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To Whom Does the World Belong?
“The legal battles over AI currently playing out—and the large number still to come—may profoundly impact the balance of wealth and power in countless democracies in the decades ahead.”
Conversations With Claude
“What a psychotherapist learned during his chats with a large language model.”
Can Crosswords Be More Inclusive?
“The puzzles spread from the United States across the globe, but the American crossword today doesn’t always reflect the linguistic changes that immigration brings.”
Bright, Built World
“A reflection on how the poets Richard Siken and Anne Carson responded to losing their language.”
The Year Mahbuba Found Her Voice
“The young refugee from Afghanistan arrived on the doorstep of a Chicago school. She was deaf and had no previous exposure to formal sign language. What happened next was transformative.”
Can We Talk to Whales?
“Researchers believe that artificial intelligence may allow us to speak to other species.”
Who’s Afraid of Spatchcocked Chicken?
“Squeamishness around meat is embedded into the English language — and by extension, Western attitudes towards the realities of meat.”
