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In this episode of Niteshift, Mike is joined by linguist Kelly Wright for a wide-ranging conversation about language, technology, and the future of human thought. Using the American Dialect Society’s Word of the Year as a starting point, the discussion moves into how language evolves, how AI reshapes meaning, and why historical misunderstandings—like the legacy of the Luddites—matter more than ever in the age of artificial intelligence. Together, they examine whether AI is being positioned as a tool or an authority, how bias and power shape language models, and what happens when technology becomes the interface through which we think.
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