Researcher ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1151-6152
Graduation Year
2022
Date of Submission
12-2022
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Literature
Reader 1
Leland de la Durantaye
Reader 2
Mike Izbicki
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© 2022 Axel Ahdritz
Abstract
AI language models can now produce text that is indistinguishable from our own, forcing us into a confrontation with the romantic assumptions underlying ‘natural language’ in the West. In this thesis, I will conduct a genealogy of the ‘natural’ and ‘artificial’ qualities of language through the literary, philosophical, and mathematical texts in which our ideas of authorship are premised. My hope is that this discussion will deepen our understanding of the language produced by AI models, answer why we feel compelled to anthropomorphize these machines, and situate readers in the reality of our present linguistic moment.
Recommended Citation
Ahdritz, Axel, "Language in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (2022). CMC Senior Theses. 3175.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3175
