Who or what defines βproper grammarβ in the English language?
In developing artificial intelligence tools to address grammar and clarity in writing, Google may influence how the public writes and ultimately thinks, a step that Paulo Blikstein β Associate Professor of Communications, Media and Learning Technology Design at Teachers College β says carries potential impacts for cultural and linguistic diversity in a new story from
Paulo Blikstein, Associate Professor of Communication, Media & Learning Technologies Design (Photo courtesy of Paulo Blikstein)
βLanguage is part of your heritage and identity, and if youβre using a tool that is constantly telling you, βYouβre wrong,β that is not a good thing,β says Blikstein, founder of ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄βs Transformative Learning Technologies Lab and a featured panelist at ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄βs upcoming conference on artificial intelligence in education on Sept. 20. βThere is not one mythical, monolithical (English)β¦And every time we have tried to curtail the evolution of a language, it has never gone well.β