More Than a Metaphor

Though some may scoff and grumble, it’s impossible to deny: the human brain resembles a computer. It serves, after all, to process information. Computationalism continues to spark heated, almost ideological […]

Automated Conversation

Although computers can already do almost everything, they still lack one fundamental ability: to talk to us like one human being talks to another. And we, being only human, are […]

What Came First: Words or Gestures?

Communication is a widespread phenomenon in the animal world, occurring across the entire “tree of life” – and it takes many forms. It can be expressed through gestures (e.g., in […]