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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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English has more words than most other languages, but there are still gaps.
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The English spelling system is a MESS... arguably more than any other language.
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Here are the deep misconceptions about African-American English (AAE).