My Life in Ambigrammia
The esoteric art form that revealed a new kind of beauty to me
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Illustration by Douglas Hofstadter Lucky You!
Musings from an oldster for today’s younger generation
The State / Getty Learn a Foreign Language Before It’s Too Late
AI translators may seem wondrous but they also erode a major part of what it is to be human.
Ben Kothe / The Atlantic Gödel, Escher, Bach, and AI
A dazzlingly fast chatbot cannot replace the authentic and reflective voice of a thinking, living human being.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Prisma / UIG / Getty. Generative AI Should Not Replace Thinking at My University
I’m dismayed that any academic institution would encourage us to use chatbots rather than our intellects.
Ben Kothe / The Atlantic; Getty The Shallowness of Google Translate
The program uses state-of-the-art AI techniques, but simple tests show that it’s a long way from real understanding.
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