Mark DingemanseApr 8

New! Interactional foundations for critical AI literacies https://zenodo.org/records/19452872

Why do Anthropic engineers talking to Claude sound like Azande witch doctors addressing their potions? What does Mambila spider divination have in common with prompt engineering? Why are LLMs so irresistible to interact with?

If you're interested in questions like that, and in luminaries like Lovelace, Adorno, Suchman and Weizenbaum, you may be interested in this paper: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19452872

Show threadSimon Meier-Vieracker

@dingemansemark Great piece, thanks for sharing!

In my popular science book, I have made a similar point (if I get you right). Translation in ALT text.

Reference: Meier-Vieracker, S. (2024). "Sprache ist, was du draus machst. Wie wir Deutsch immer wieder neu erfinden". München: Droemer (p. 202)

Apr 12 at 11:08amWeb