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by anonymouskimmer 199 days ago
Yes, I think it's reasonable. We humans adjust to our environments. Whether physical, social, or informational.

Spoiler for DC's Legends of Tomorrow season 5.

I don't know enough to look for existing research, but what you wrote reminded me of a DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode (Swan Thong). In it the three fates of Greek mythology have established effective control over the world through a smartwatch app that people ask for decisions from (earlier they had tried direct totalitarianism, but the Legends had foiled that). https://youtu.be/aJZlJcmPUnc?t=75

In the episode, people adjust mentally somewhat, but I don't think it gets quite to the detail you ask about.

The Outer Limits episode Stream of Consciousness also deals with this topic a bit: https://theouterlimits.fandom.com/wiki/Stream_of_Consciousne...

And I just participated in a conversation here on HN somewhat along those lines: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070610
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3chinproblem 199 days ago
Interesting. It does seem like technology barring AI was already standardizing communication in some ways. I imagine that real universal languages may just naturally emerge.

Imagine this idea of distillation to language. You are speaking to someone and neither of you speak the same language. The AI is translating. With enough exposure to this, you might start picking up some of their words and vice versa.

Over enough time words from languages will begin to merge as a mix of many languages. Take this far enough along and we might all speak the same hybrid language.

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anonymouskimmer 199 days ago
I predict problems if the AI doesn't translate the non-verbal expressions and cultural context as well as the spoken words.

It would definitely take a few full generations for a truly universal creole language to emerge, even with the help of instant translations. Another possibility is further balkanization into many more languages and dialects than currently exist, unless we limit AI auto-translation exposure to adults or older adolescents only. Because if the AI is personalized, it knows how to translate your specific googoo gaga such that you never have to learn the adult word.

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