Can ChatGPT Create a Language?

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery159.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge breaks down a paper that discusses ChatGPT’s supposed ability to create languages. It is not impressive. Citations Diamond, Justin. “Genlangs and Zipf’s Law.” ArXiv Computer Science, 2023. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2304/2304.12191.pdf De Marzo, Giordano, Francesco Sylos Labini, and Luciano Pietronero. “Zipf’s Law for Cosmic Structures: How Large Are… Read more »

Marc Okrand on Klingon and Conlanging

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery158.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge interviews Marc Okrand on his work on Klingon and Atlantean and his experiences with both the Klingon speaker community and the greater conlanging community.

CD Covington’s Guide to Linguistic Worldbuilding

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery157.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge talks to CD Covington about her upcoming book about linguistic worldbuilding, funding through Kickstarter. Links:

Interview with Biblaridion

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery156.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge interviews Biblaridion on conlanging, worldbuilding, and YouTube.

On Rasharnian (from Immortals of Aveum)

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery155.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge has obtained information on the conlang Rasharnian created for Immortals of Aveum. This is a critique of that language as well as a discussion of issues surrounding it that were brought up in the conlanging community.

David and Jessie Talk Kopikon

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery154.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge has David and Jesse on to talk about Kopikon! Links:

George’s talk at LCC10

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryLCC10talk.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreHere’s the audio of my talk at LCC10. The video version can be seen here.

Announcements: LCC10 and Kopikon

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery_announcement_lcc10_kpcn1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe have two conlang conferences coming up this year. LCC10 is this weekend, and in September, we’ll have Kopikon!