If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our ...

I’m walking in the Eifel Mountains in western Germany, through cathedral-like groves of oak and beech, and there’s a strange unmoored feeling of entering a fairy tale. The trees have become vibrantly ...