Language Machines

Language Machines explores how generative AI systems, particularly large language models, create culture rather than merely simulating cognition. Leif Weatherby combines linguistic theory and algorithmic architecture to argue that AI captures the poetic and cultural aspects of language, paving the way for a new understanding of digital culture. He advocates for integrating literary theory into the study of AI-generated language and calls for a "general poetics" of computational forms to better evaluate their societal impact.