When you open your eyes, you see a colorful three-dimensional world of objects and events. Add to the mixture a panoply of sounds, smells, tastes, and bodily sensations, and you’ve got the ...

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world,” observed philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein in 1922. We might ask, accordingly, how does language shape reality, arbitrating human experience of ...

A new study explores how human-like language shapes the way we talk about artificial intelligence. Think, know, understand, remember. These are the kinds of mental verbs people use every day to ...

Zagreb-born artist Nora Turato transforms everyday fragments of speech and text into a mirror of our shared unconscious The omnipresence of language, in its countless forms, is the foundation of ...

Language shapes how we see the world. We use it to make sense of our reality. We use it to label people and things around us. Label something beautiful, and you acknowledge its uniqueness, elevate its ...

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development of computational models inspired by the brain's layered organization, also ...

The words we use to describe people, events, and ideas aren’t just a reflection of our world; they actively shape it. This is something that the Republican Party has long understood. Over the years, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. Ever notice how ChatGPT seems to "get" you better some days ...

The influential computer scientist Mark Weiser once wrote that “a good tool is an invisible tool. By invisible, I mean that the tool does not intrude on your consciousness; you focus on the task, not ...