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AI threatens to destroy so much of our culture. Our greatest loss might be our ability to listen | Shirleene Robinson

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AI threatens to destroy so much of our culture. Our greatest loss might be our ability to listen | Shirleene Robinson
"Australians are conversing less every year, with a recent study showing we lost an average of 338 spoken words each day between 2005 and 2019 We talk a lot about losing our ability to write as a result of AI. I’m convinced our greatest loss might be our ability to listen. Listening to different views and entering into different worlds is integral to our humanity. But Australians are conversing less every year. While rapidly evolving AI tools and chatbots promise faster responses and so-called “e"

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