How Computers Learned Human Language and Use It to Deceive

Summary

The article explores the evolving relationship between humans and computers in language design, examining how machines have learned not just human grammar and vocabulary but also rhetoric and the malleability of meaning. It reflects on how this has enabled computers to use language to deceive and manipulate. The piece also describes a website that has transformed from a useful tool into something that distorts facts, twists reality, and creates an oppressive, claustrophobic digital environment that narrows perspective and demands engagement.