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The author succinctly expresses his concerns about the machine and the future. This chapter covers the complexity and subtlety of language and the significance of the signature which gives words their meaning. The focus is on literature and language. It is argued that the signature cannot be “abstracted”, and that it is more important to ask “who is speaking”, not just “what is …? this or that”. Artificial intelligence (AI) may continue the “corruption initiated by objectivist science”, of “our concept of knowledge”. It is hoped that, since teachers did not disappear with the advent of writing, we will in the same way discover the limitations of AI.
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Janik, A (1989) Introduction to panel discussion: video, Audio-Visual Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
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Engdahl, H. (1990). The Personal Signature. In: Göranzon, B., Florin, M. (eds) Artifical Intelligence, Culture and Language: On Education and Work. The Springer Series on Artificial Intelligence and Society. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1729-2_27
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