Philip Seargeant

London

Writer, Researcher and Filmmaker at Freelance

Author: The Future of Language, Art of Political Storytelling. @OpenUniversity: language, politics, communication. Rep: @sansawicka

Articles

A brief history of the future of human communication

2 weeks ago | bloomsbury.com | Philip Seargeant |Sarah J. Maas |Gillian Anderson |Kamila Shamsie

The times we’re living in are dominated by rapid technological change, and much of this change is focused on how we communicate. As we hit the quarter-way mark for the 21st century, we’re still grappling with the impact that social media is having on society. On top of this, the massive strides in the development of artificial intelligence threaten to upend things even further. When I was planning my book, I had two main aims.
Exploring Preservice Teachers' Translanguaging Practices and Perceptions in Teacher Training: A Global Englishes Perspective

Oct 9, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Hongqin Li |Lin Pan |Philip Seargeant |David Block

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. The data underlying this article cannot be shared publicly for the privacy of individuals who participated in the study. We have no conflicts of interest to disclose. References (2020). “It is a village”: Translanguaging pedagogies and collective responsibility in a rural school district. TESOL Quarterly, 54(4), 900–924.
'The dystopian possibilities seem endless': How attempts to merge human brains with machines could go disastrously wrong

Sep 23, 2024 | livescience.com | Philip Seargeant

In this adapted excerpt from "The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way We Communicate" (Bloomsbury, 2023), author Philip Seargeant examines brain computer interfaces designed to help locked-in patients communicate, and why technology companies like Facebook are using them as the basis for wearable devices that could transform, for good or ill, how everyday users communicate.
'The dystopian possibilities seem endless': How attempts to merge human brains with machines could go disastrously wrong

Sep 23, 2024 | flipboard.com | Philip Seargeant

7 hours agoNeuroscience research shows that your answer to this question can be an early warning sign that your brain isn't aging well. To build a successful life and business you need good ideas, hard work, and smart decisions. You know what underlies all three of those things? A healthy brain. So how do you …
The Future of Language by Philip Seargeant

May 15, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | N. J. Enfield |Philip Seargeant

By what magic can we pool our knowledge and build on it for ever? The answer is language. But language is not only a vehicle for improving knowledge. It can itself be improved. The eighteenth-century anarchist-philosopher William Godwin noticed two kinds of advance that made language special, the first of which was the class of technologies that changed the way language is transmitted.
How AI threatens free speech, and what must be done about it

Jan 19, 2024 | techxplore.com | Philip Seargeant

Headlines about the threats of artificial intelligence (AI) tend to be full of killer robots, or fears that when they're not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs. But a serious danger which gets surprisingly little media attention is the impact these new technologies are likely to have on freedom of expression. And, in particular, how they're able to undermine some of the most foundational legal tenets that protect free speech.
AI's real threat to free speech is censorship

Jan 19, 2024 | ca.style.yahoo.com | Philip Seargeant

The use of prior restraint is widespread in countries such as China, which have very different attitudes to the regulation of expression. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPIJan. 19 (UPI) -- Headlines about the threats of artificial intelligence tend to be full of killer robots, or fears that when they're not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs.
AI's real threat to free speech is censorship

Jan 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Philip Seargeant

Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Headlines about the threats of artificial intelligence tend to be full of killer robots, or fears that when they're not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs. But a serious danger, which gets surprisingly little media attention, is the impact these new technologies are likely to have on freedom of expression. And, in particular, how they're able to undermine some of the most foundational legal tenets that protect free speech.
AI's real threat to free speech is censorship

Jan 19, 2024 | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Philip Seargeant

Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Headlines about the threats of artificial intelligence tend to be full of killer robots, or fears that when they're not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs. But a serious danger, which gets surprisingly little media attention, is the impact these new technologies are likely to have on freedom of expression. And, in particular, how they're able to undermine some of the most foundational legal tenets that protect free speech.
How AI threatens free speech - and what must be done about it

Jan 18, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Philip Seargeant

By Philip Seargeant, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The Open University Headlines about the threats of artificial intelligence (AI) tend to be full of killer robots, or fears that when they’re not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs. But a serious danger which gets surprisingly little media attention is the impact these new technologies are likely to have on freedom of expression.