I know this might probably sound silly, but I was thinking, considering everything we know today about human languages, can LLMs be used to invent a new human language that's more adequate for today's times, style of communication etc?
I was thinking we now have Esperanto in Europe, which is more of a politically motivated language rather than scientifically developed. This will ruffle some feathers, but can we do better than English as an international language? I suppose as long as it's built from the ground up there will be less political tensions around the subject. Like a language that is build 100% using science and 0% using politics.
There's no need in a new artificial language.
If there was a need, humans could easily invent one without any LLM assistance, just like we invented Esperanto.
But there is none. BTW, English is neither the first nor the last international language. It will be (and is gradually) replaced by others.
We absolutely can invent a new language. It won't be as good as AI could make it.
For example, it could analyze a lot of data and catalog how certain sounds are perceived, analyze what we struggle with communicating today at international level, make certain needed distinctions, be more precise while simple/casual. There's a lot of extra details AI can account for. Some that we don't even know or understand yet.
I personally think a modern and new global language could help the state of things. Like an actual well thought out subject, with no political abuse at all. Purely science driven.
I don't know. It seems to me that if genAI invents it, it's not a human language. At least not unless people start using it for real and introduce the inevitable human changes and touches over time.
I was thinking we now have Esperanto in Europe, which is more of a politically motivated language rather than scientifically developed. This will ruffle some feathers, but can we do better than English as an international language? I suppose as long as it's built from the ground up there will be less political tensions around the subject. Like a language that is build 100% using science and 0% using politics.
There's no need in a new artificial language. If there was a need, humans could easily invent one without any LLM assistance, just like we invented Esperanto. But there is none. BTW, English is neither the first nor the last international language. It will be (and is gradually) replaced by others.
We absolutely can invent a new language. It won't be as good as AI could make it.
For example, it could analyze a lot of data and catalog how certain sounds are perceived, analyze what we struggle with communicating today at international level, make certain needed distinctions, be more precise while simple/casual. There's a lot of extra details AI can account for. Some that we don't even know or understand yet.
I personally think a modern and new global language could help the state of things. Like an actual well thought out subject, with no political abuse at all. Purely science driven.
To be honest, i think LLMs at the current time wont have that capability. It still struggles with understanding context and tone in its translations
Yes, they're state-of-the-art for translation, so I'd say that they'd be good at it. Give it a try, see how they go with it.
I don't know. It seems to me that if genAI invents it, it's not a human language. At least not unless people start using it for real and introduce the inevitable human changes and touches over time.