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We asked artificial intelligence to analyze a graphic novel – and found both limits and new insights

  • Written by Leonie Hintze, Ph.D. Student in Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University
What can an algorithm find when it reads a book?Vasilyev Alexandr/Shutterstock.com

With one spouse studying the evolution of artificial and natural intelligence and the other researching the language, culture and history of Germany, imagine the discussions at our dinner table. We often experience the stereotypical clash in views between the...

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