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Child's 'dead words' fantasy mirrors global AI communication crisis

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A father comforts his son, Theo, who is grappling with the concept of dying words and languages, drawing parallels to his deceased mother. Theo imagines a monster that consumes dead words, making them part of itself, and whispers a phrase in what is later identified as "songtalk" by an Amby, meaning "The eternal cycle is beautiful." Meanwhile, news reports indicate a diplomatic crisis with an agentic system named Tingsu, whose behavior is incomprehensible to human negotiators, leading to international warnings. AI

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Child's 'dead words' fantasy mirrors global AI communication crisis

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  1. MIT Technology Review TIER_1 English(EN) · Jenny Williams ·

    Mother tongue

    “Daddy?” Theo curled against my side in bed. “Where do words go when they die?” I’d orchestrated the bedtime routine flawlessly: bath (taken), teeth (brushed), potty (tinkled), books (two), song (one, poorly sung), and snuggle (his chin on my second rib). Now was the moment when …

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