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Language in the age of AI
February 16 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Eastern Standard Time (-5 GMT)
About the Presentation
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, artificial intelligence is transforming how we communicate, understand, and process language. From chatbots and virtual assistants to machine translation and content creation, AI is reshaping the fabric of human interaction. What does this mean for the way we use and value language?
The paragraph above was created by ChatGPT (who, by the way, also made the image). It then continues: “While AI offers remarkable opportunities, it also poses significant risks. Automated systems can perpetuate biases, misinterpret context, or even spread misinformation at scale. The rise of AI-generated text and deepfakes challenge our ability to discern truth from fabrication. Furthermore, there’s a concern that over-reliance on AI tools may erode linguistic diversity, creativity, and critical thinking, as human input takes a back seat to machine efficiency.”
So, if all of this is true, what does it mean for human evolution? More specifically, what does it mean for the evolution of human thinking, and what is the future of human language? This webinar is going to explore these questions in the light of Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual science.
About the Presenter
Joachim Faust is a professional linguist, language teacher, and translator. He holds a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Kansas, and has spent his whole life learning and teaching different languages. In addition to teaching, in recent years Joachim has also been working as a language annotator and translator for an AI company. He is originally from Germany, and has been living in the U.S. for over 30 years.
