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Adam Aleksic talks about his new book 'Algospeak,' which details how algorithms are changing our vocabulary; plus, we check in with Hennessy + Ingalls bookstore.
Social media has birthed an entire lexicon replicated by millions online — even if these words don’t actually mean skibidi. On today’s show, we talk to author Adam Aleksic about how TikTok and ...
Instagram will start testing a new algorithm that will choose what content we see first. Tech journalist Kurt Wagner explains what an algorithm does, and why users might not be so happy about it.
Algorithm finds best word to start with in Wordle A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, Thursday, May 6, 2021 in New York.
In the Cognitive Age, where AI masters language, the power of the word—to connect, imagine, and shape our shared future—could be the defining skill for human-machine collaboration.
In a recent blog post update, OpenAI said that tens of thousands of developers are now making apps on the GPT-3 platform.
“Some new things frustrate me: algorithms, for example,” Blunt said. “ I hate that fucking word, excuse the expletive! How can it be associated with art and content?