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Can Computers Really Talk? Or Are They Faking It?
Season 1
Episode 3
New advancements in technology are making it harder than ever to tell the difference between a computer and a human speaker... but what's going on under the hood? Is it really "language," or just a digital illusion? Check out GPT-3 in action at AI Dungeon: https://play.aidungeon.io/
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12:13
We take a deeper look as to why sign language was banned for decades.

8:57
Besides being annoying, what if the grammar police are actually... wrong?

7:46
It shouldn't matter what a food is called as long as it tastes good, right? Well...

9:41
Current studies with children show show new insight into bilingualism.

7:00
English has more words than most other languages, but there are still gaps.

7:24
Why is gossip an integral part of human social structure?

5:56
Pronouns may be little, but they say a lot, and they're always changing!

7:50
The English spelling system is a MESS... arguably more than any other language.

6:19
Adaptable clichés called "snowclones" are EVERYWHERE but they're older than you think.

6:08
There's evidence that sweating may be good for your psyche.

7:11
The word "Death" has a lot of euphemisms in virtually every language.

7:21
We explore some of the popular words authors have created that are now in our lexicon.