▽Language Log ●12/13 13:37 Differential retention of sinographs across East AsiaDecember 12, 2025 @ 9:03 am · Filed by Victor Mair under Alphabets, Language reform, Writing systems[This is a guest post by J. Marshall Unger]Well, first of all, the difficulty of learning a language can only be measured relative to the language(s) the learner already knows. Japanese is easier for Koreans than for Americans; I would guess C
▽メも ●12/13 12:40 Dec. 2025Last Modified: Fri Dec 12 23:00:31 UTC 2025Problems I have with "AI" 2025-12-13 [Sat] 07:26Owfey, it's already the next month again.I put it in a quote because of the randomness of the definition.People no longer care what it actually refers to. It could be an agent,a model, or whatever fancy skin that they wrapped a bare model.It would be an "AI". But I always mean LLM.Anyway, th