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Re:In the 17th Century, Leibniz Dreamed of a Machine That Co... by tudorw on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @10:30AM (#21453199)
Sure, it's contentious, what's not contentious is that our lexicon grows over time, how would an AI go about inventing a new word?
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Re:In the 17th Century, Leibniz Dreamed of a Machine That Co... by ncmncm on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:14AM (#21459908)
The same ways we do: by scissors-and paste with parts of other words. Most if our English words are small alterations of proto-indo-european words.
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