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So You Want to Learn a Language?

There are thousands of pictures clogging social media, featuring brightly-filtered landscapes, superimposed with stylized quotes proclaiming that you, too, can do anything, if you devote just fifteen minutes a day to it. While you wouldn’t admit it to the hyper-motivated people that spend significantly more than ten minutes a day posting these, this is kind of true. At the very least, you can...

Replika: Socializing in the Year of the Bot

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your own AI companion? Wonder no more. Luka, Inc., a California-based software company specializing in AI-powered chat bots, has recently released the Replika app, a personal AI that you raise via messaging. Billed as “your AI friend that you teach and grow in conversations,” Replika is a chat bot that learns to mimic your personality...

Whiskers: A New Game of Cat and Mouse

"In a world overrun by mice, one cat stands alone. Defy the impawssible." Instead of watching cat videos on the Internet, why not become a virtual one? It’s getting close to the end of the year, and seniors are busy putting together their Capstone Projects, the final step before their graduation. One project in particular appeals to every type of person - even the most hardcore of dog lovers....