What AI could tell us about language evolution

Localization Today

Apr 18 2022 | 00:03:17

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Show Notes

If you’ve ever read the work of William Shakespeare, you should be fairly familiar with the phenomenon of language change. Now, a recent study published in Cognition shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can help us better understand — and even predict — changes to a given language.

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