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In developing artificial intelligence tools to address grammar and clarity in writing, Google may influence how the public writes and ultimately thinks, a step that Paulo Blikstein 鈥� Associate Professor of Communications, Media and Learning Technology Design at 精东影业 鈥� says carries potential impacts for cultural and linguistic diversity in a new story from
Paulo Blikstein, Associate Professor of Communication, Media & Learning Technologies Design (Photo courtesy of Paulo Blikstein)
鈥淟anguage is part of your heritage and identity, and if you鈥檙e using a tool that is constantly telling you, 鈥榊ou鈥檙e wrong,鈥� that is not a good thing,鈥� says Blikstein, founder of TC鈥檚 Transformative Learning Technologies Lab and a featured panelist at TC鈥檚 upcoming conference on artificial intelligence in education on Sept. 20. 鈥淭here is not one mythical, monolithical (English)鈥nd every time we have tried to curtail the evolution of a language, it has never gone well.鈥�