language

9 08, 2024

Song of the whales (Katherine Latham and Anna Bressanin, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2024-08-09T19:54:07-04:00August 9th, 2024|Academia, environment, Everything Else, Language, Nature, News, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Patient study of sperm whales' soundings uses AI to discern their language.

24 06, 2024

Language learning in the wild (Guardian, Agence France-Presse)

By Humanities Watch|2024-06-24T16:26:00-04:00June 24th, 2024|Africa, Debate / dialogue, environment, Everything Else, Language, Nature, News, STEM|0 Comments

Researchers gain insight into elephants' individualized communication.

19 01, 2024

Words on the brain (Bill Hathaway, YaleNews)

By Humanities Watch|2024-01-19T15:50:06-05:00January 19th, 2024|Academia, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How we develop neural pathways of memory from birth.

8 12, 2023

Chatbots and charity

By Humanities Watch|2023-12-12T07:36:32-05:00December 8th, 2023|Academia, education, Everything Else, health, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, psychology, STEM, Technology|1 Comment

A conversation about how Chat can heighten anxiety, as students leave off writing by themselves.

2 09, 2023

Anxiously seeking solutions (Julie Wernau and Andrea Petersen, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-09-02T19:30:36-04:00September 2nd, 2023|business, Debate / dialogue, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Increased anxiety meets a new industry designed to address it.

12 04, 2023

Chatbot, chatbot, on the wall (Salk News)

By Humanities Watch|2023-04-12T11:51:22-04:00April 12th, 2023|education, Everything Else, Language, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The chatbot reflects the personality of the questioner.

26 03, 2023

Human intelligence and AI (Yuval Harari, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, New York Times)

By Humanities Watch|2023-03-26T11:26:50-04:00March 26th, 2023|Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How heedlessly promoting AI threatens human language and culture.

29 12, 2022

AI and the digital divide (Stephen Marche, The Atlantic)

By Humanities Watch|2022-12-29T14:20:33-05:00December 29th, 2022|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Whether the humanities can think about AI and the digital world, and vice-versa.

4 12, 2022

The virtues of Renaissance dialogue (December 15, noon ET)

By Humanities Watch|2022-12-04T13:33:39-05:00December 4th, 2022|0 Comments

How Renaissance thinkers understood dialogue as narrative medicine.

16 11, 2022

Finding time and space for words, and words for time and space (Miriam Frankel and Matt Warren, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2022-11-17T07:13:29-05:00November 16th, 2022|Central / South America, Debate / dialogue, education, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Studying how a language shapes perception of time and space.