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

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SA '23: SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Art Papers

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3610591.3616427

Published: 08 December 2023 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents “AI Nüshu," an emerging language system inspired by Nüshu (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 Nüshu 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.

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Index Terms

AI Nüshu: An Exploration of Language Emergence in Sisterhood Through the Lens of Computational Linguistics
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Media arts
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction techniques
      1. Text input
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods

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Acknowledge financial support partly from the Extended Reality and Immersive Media (XRIM) Lab at HKUST and the National Social Science Foundation of China (20CJY045).

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3680530.3695446
Tang YZhang NCiancia MWang ZFarzan RLópez CCardoso Llach DQuercia DMustafa MNiu SWong-Villacrés M(2024)Exploring the Impact of AI-generated Image Tools on Professional and Non-professional Users in the Art and Design FieldsCompanion Publication of the 2024 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing10.1145/3678884.3681890(451-458)Online publication date: 11-Nov-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3678884.3681890
Lian MKostakos VKay JHoang T(2024)Invisible to Visible: Alternative Human Interaction with Sensory-Enhancing WearablesCompanion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing10.1145/3675094.3681950(351-354)Online publication date: 5-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3675094.3681950

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