Chiang’s arguments revisited Science fiction writer Ted Chiang has recently argued why AI cannot create art (Chiang, 2024). I recommend reading his article (and of course books!). I have proposed some counterarguments (Hernández-Fernández, 2025), which, like this text, are meant to provoke thought. Chiang’s arguments against AI’s artistic capabilities can be summarized as follows (Chiang, …
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¿Y si Cervantes fuera una máquina?
Together with Carme Fenoll, we have developed a creative writing workshop with 6 libraries of the Cervantes Institute in which we introduce text generative AI for learning Spanish, improving the participants’ own texts. The use of open source tools, such as those of HuggingChat, is encouraged.
Digital Creativity
I have recently had the pleasure of editing a fantastic book on digital creativity. It is open access in Catalan here. Here I translate a small part of the text into English. Enjoy your creativity, digital or not! Human creativity has always been linked to language (oral, gestural, or bodily) or technology. It is true …
ChatGPT in Education?
This work in Proceedings in “I Congreso Internacional de Educación, Innovación y Transferencia del conocimiento”: Congreso EduEmer 2023: ¿Didáctica con ChatGPT? Una propuesta ética y pedagógica (Full Spanish version) Abstract The recent emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT represents a conceptual revolution in education. The paradigm shift is imminent and disruptive, and …
Linguistic laws in Catalan: new book chapter
Linguistic laws in Catalan From the book Quantitative Approaches to Universality and Individuality in Language Antoni Hernández-Fernández , Juan María Garrido , Bartolo Luque and Iván González Torre Quantitative linguistic research reveals fascinating patterns in contemporary and historical linguistic data. The book offers insights from a broad range of languages, including Japanese, Slovene and Catalan. The reader is convinced that statistic empirical …
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Lingvistica cantitativa. Statistica cuvintelor
Our book about Quantitative Linguistics, now in Romanian! “Lingvistica cantitativa. Statistica cuvintelor.” 🙂 Volumul 39. Mari idei ale matematicii. Lingvistica cantitativa. Statistica cuvintelor, de Toni Hernández, Ramon Ferrer i Cancho | Non Fictiune – Educatie & Cultura Generala | Litera.ro
New project on the semantics of Catalan
The study of language laws, ie the statistical regularities found in languages, is a basic research that has determined some general patterns and models with potential applications, as well as the improvement of language technologies based on computer systems. In the case of Catalan, a general characterization of the language was initiated previously in both …
Speech pause distribution as an early marker for Alzheimer’s disease
Pause duration analysis is a common feature in the study of discourse in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) since this patient group has shown a consistent trend for longer pauses in comparison to healthy controls. This speech feature may also be helpful for early detection; however, studies involving patients at the pre-clinical, high-risk phase of amnestic mild cognitive …
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Linguistica Quantitativa. La statistica delle parole.
The Italian translation of “Quantitative Linguistics” has arrived! These kinds of surprises are always exciting, unexpected books at unexpected moments. 🙂
About education…
I leave here two recent reflections on education. The first is an article published in a Special Issue of Sustainability (MDPI) on “Smart Educational Games and Gamification Systems in Online Learning Environments”. This is a field study in which the effects of gamification were assessed in two groups of master’s degree students over three courses: …