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Learning to Speak Machine, with John Maeda and Ros Urwin

Intelligence Squared

CHAPTER

Understanding the Alien Language of the Digital Age

This chapter delves into the complexities of digital language and its growing significance in modern society. It uses David Bowie’s metaphor of the internet as an alien life form to highlight its intricate and often bewildering nature, especially in terms of computation.

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