AI Nushu: An Exploration of Language Emergence in Sisterhood -Through the Lens of Computational Linguistics

This paper presents "AI Nushu," an emerging language system inspired by Nushu (women's scripts), the unique language created and used exclusively by ancient Chinese women who were thought to be illiterate under a patriarchal society. In this interactive installation, two artificial in...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Sun, Yuqian, Tang, Yuying, Gao, Ze, Pan, Zhijun, Xu, Chuyan, Chen, Yurou, Qian, Kejiang, Wang, Zhigang, Braud, Tristan, Chang Hee Lee, Asadipour, Ali
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LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 18.10.2023
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Agents (artificial intelligence)
Artificial intelligence
Communication
Cultural resources
Linguistics
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Summary:This paper presents "AI Nushu," an emerging language system inspired by Nushu (women's scripts), the unique language created and used exclusively by ancient Chinese women who were thought to be illiterate under a patriarchal society. In this interactive installation, two artificial intelligence (AI) agents are trained in the Chinese dictionary and the Nushu corpus. By continually observing their environment and communicating, these agents collaborate towards creating a standard writing system to encode Chinese. It offers an artistic interpretation of the creation of a non-western script from a computational linguistics perspective, integrating AI technology with Chinese cultural heritage and a feminist viewpoint.
ISSN:2331-8422