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Category Archives: Language
Computer writes political speech. Does anyone notice?
Can you tell the difference between a political speech written by a computer program and one written by a speechwriter? Valentin Kassarnig at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has written a computer program that writes political speeches on demand and it … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Technology
Tagged computer programs, Forbes, political speeches, Speechwriting
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Baseball, wheelhouses, and the effects of technological change on language
If you watch baseball on TV, you’ve almost certainly heard an announcer describe a pitch as being in the batter’s wheelhouse when the pitch is in the area of the strike zone where the batter has the most success … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Language, Technology
Tagged airplanes, baseball, Bill Rigney, language, Orlando Cepeda, railroads, San Francisco Giants, wheelhouse, word meaning
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