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Will language face a dystopian future? How 'Future of Language' author Philip Seargeant thinks AI will shape our communication

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Philip Seargeant is the author of the book "The Future of Language" Seargeant: Language is tied up with the way that we organize society and our relationships.

He says we need to be mindful of how we use language as we try to get a handle on how new technologies are going to change language.

The more mediation you have, the more people, organizations or apparatuses that sit between a person and their audience, can be regulated.

Language isn't just about information transfer; the voice is integral to huge aspects of our lives.

It's possible to understand how different species communicate in more nuanced ways, but that's not the same as speaking to them.

Philip Seargeant's new book, "The Future of Language ," is a history of futurism.

Seargeant: There's still an awful lot that we have to learn and understand about language.

Science fiction feeds into actual technological innovation and the questions we ask ourselves, he says.

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