I've recently been getting very into GPT-3, a predictive text AI. It's fun to run my groupchats through it and see how it simulates conversation. For example, this is a conversation between me and my friend Joanna, generated entirely by bot:
Joanna: this is a very good podcast Adam: I like the different segments Joanna: I like that they are highlighting the variation and diversity of the araucanian language Adam: I feel like you have a very good understanding of the araucanians. Joanna: gotta keep it Adam: Do you think there were other tribes who spoke it Joanna: is there an araucanian word for when a bird is chirping? Adam: I think there were different tribes who spoke it Joanna: i think i will do some research on this Adam: why? Joanna: because it's a really cool language and I want to learn more about it Adam: ok Joanna: and I want to learn more about the people who speak it Adam: like who Joanna: the araucanian people Adam: the araucanians are a people? Joanna: they are an indigenous group in what is now chile and argentina Adam: ok Joanna: yeah, they're a people Adam: do you know what language they spoke Joanna: that i know of, they spoke araucanian It's crazy how accurately this mimicks our speech and text patterns. And this tool has so much potential!
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AUTHORHello! I'm Adam Aleksic. I have a linguistics degree from Harvard University, where I co-founded the Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Society and wrote my thesis on Serbo-Croatian language policy. In addition to etymology, I also really enjoy traveling, trivia, philosophy, board games, conlanging, and art history.
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