Gasper Begus
@begus.bsky.social
Assoc. Professor at UC Berkeley
Artificial and biological intelligence and language
Linguistics Lead at Project CETI 🐳
PI Berkeley Biological and Artificial Language Lab 🗣️
College Principal of Bowles Hall 🏰
https://www.gasperbegus.com
Artificial and biological intelligence and language
Linguistics Lead at Project CETI 🐳
PI Berkeley Biological and Artificial Language Lab 🗣️
College Principal of Bowles Hall 🏰
https://www.gasperbegus.com
A lunch talk at Berkeley Law tomorrow!
January 27, 2026 at 9:32 PM
A lunch talk at Berkeley Law tomorrow!
A lunch talk at Berkeley Law tomorrow!
January 27, 2026 at 9:29 PM
A lunch talk at Berkeley Law tomorrow!
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I had an awesome conversation with Yascha Mounk. We talked about how our perspective on language, animals, consciousness, AI is changing. Have a listen:
www.persuasion.community/p/gasper-begus
www.persuasion.community/p/gasper-begus
Gašper Beguš on Why Language Doesn’t Make Humans Special
Yascha Mounk and Gašper Beguš also talk about what whale communication and the recent progress on AI tell us about the human brain.
www.persuasion.community
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I had an awesome conversation with Yascha Mounk. We talked about how our perspective on language, animals, consciousness, AI is changing. Have a listen:
www.persuasion.community/p/gasper-begus
www.persuasion.community/p/gasper-begus
I had an awesome conversation with Yascha Mounk. We talked about how our perspective on language, animals, consciousness, AI is changing. Have a listen:
www.persuasion.community/p/gasper-begus
www.persuasion.community/p/gasper-begus
Gašper Beguš on Why Language Doesn’t Make Humans Special
Yascha Mounk and Gašper Beguš also talk about what whale communication and the recent progress on AI tell us about the human brain.
www.persuasion.community
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I had an awesome conversation with Yascha Mounk. We talked about how our perspective on language, animals, consciousness, AI is changing. Have a listen:
www.persuasion.community/p/gasper-begus
www.persuasion.community/p/gasper-begus
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Registrations for this talk at OpenAI are available here:
forum.openai.com/home/events/...
forum.openai.com/home/events/...
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Registrations for this talk at OpenAI are available here:
forum.openai.com/home/events/...
forum.openai.com/home/events/...
Registrations for this talk at OpenAI are available here:
forum.openai.com/home/events/...
forum.openai.com/home/events/...
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Registrations for this talk at OpenAI are available here:
forum.openai.com/home/events/...
forum.openai.com/home/events/...
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...“Is there something uniquely human that prevents these models to ever achieve us?” - @begus.bsky.social “It is my hope that, as we become better, as algorithms get better and better, we will start honouring and respecting biological intelligence more.” Hear, hear academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic...
LLM “metalinguistic” capabilities are creating a stir – here's why
Abstract. The latest evolutions of large language models are now able to tackle problems stepwise and complete tasks once thought a defining feature of hum
academic.oup.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 AM
...“Is there something uniquely human that prevents these models to ever achieve us?” - @begus.bsky.social “It is my hope that, as we become better, as algorithms get better and better, we will start honouring and respecting biological intelligence more.” Hear, hear academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic...
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“This is a call to take fiction seriously as a real force in technological development.” — @hekiwi.bsky.social, co-founder, @artificiality.bsky.social
Congratulations to @uofmpress.bsky.social author @ninabegus.bsky.social on ARTIFICIAL HUMANITIES being named a 2025 Artificiality Book Award winner!
Congratulations to @uofmpress.bsky.social author @ninabegus.bsky.social on ARTIFICIAL HUMANITIES being named a 2025 Artificiality Book Award winner!
"The argument runs deeper than most discussions--even many academic ones--about the myths that continue to be reproduced through our stories about AI..." Congrats to "Artificial Humanities" on being named a 2025 Artificiality Book Award winner!
Artificiality Book Awards 2025 plus a working library of past must-reads
Congratulations to the winners of the Artificiality Book Awards 2025!
journal.artificialityinstitute.org
January 18, 2026 at 12:23 PM
“This is a call to take fiction seriously as a real force in technological development.” — @hekiwi.bsky.social, co-founder, @artificiality.bsky.social
Congratulations to @uofmpress.bsky.social author @ninabegus.bsky.social on ARTIFICIAL HUMANITIES being named a 2025 Artificiality Book Award winner!
Congratulations to @uofmpress.bsky.social author @ninabegus.bsky.social on ARTIFICIAL HUMANITIES being named a 2025 Artificiality Book Award winner!
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Today, together with The National Geographic Society, we launch Listen to the Whales — a global invitation to explore the rich communal lives of sperm whales and discover why deciphering their world matters. Take the plunge and immerse yourself in the journey: Projectceti.org/listen
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Today, together with The National Geographic Society, we launch Listen to the Whales — a global invitation to explore the rich communal lives of sperm whales and discover why deciphering their world matters. Take the plunge and immerse yourself in the journey: Projectceti.org/listen
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My book is available for free on a kindle format these days!
January 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
My book is available for free on a kindle format these days!
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AI interpretability can accelerate scientific discovery! We've demonstrated that in our recent paper on whale vowels.
Excited to share that I'll be talking about AI interpretability and how it can change our perspective on language in humans, animals, and machines at OpenAI Forum fireside chat.
Excited to share that I'll be talking about AI interpretability and how it can change our perspective on language in humans, animals, and machines at OpenAI Forum fireside chat.
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
AI interpretability can accelerate scientific discovery! We've demonstrated that in our recent paper on whale vowels.
Excited to share that I'll be talking about AI interpretability and how it can change our perspective on language in humans, animals, and machines at OpenAI Forum fireside chat.
Excited to share that I'll be talking about AI interpretability and how it can change our perspective on language in humans, animals, and machines at OpenAI Forum fireside chat.
AI interpretability can accelerate scientific discovery! We've demonstrated that in our recent paper on whale vowels.
Excited to share that I'll be talking about AI interpretability and how it can change our perspective on language in humans, animals, and machines at OpenAI Forum fireside chat.
Excited to share that I'll be talking about AI interpretability and how it can change our perspective on language in humans, animals, and machines at OpenAI Forum fireside chat.
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
AI interpretability can accelerate scientific discovery! We've demonstrated that in our recent paper on whale vowels.
Excited to share that I'll be talking about AI interpretability and how it can change our perspective on language in humans, animals, and machines at OpenAI Forum fireside chat.
Excited to share that I'll be talking about AI interpretability and how it can change our perspective on language in humans, animals, and machines at OpenAI Forum fireside chat.
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"A group of researchers led by Slovenian UC Berkeley linguist Gašper Beguš have achieved a breakthrough that provides a new insight into sperm whale communication.According to their study, the whales make sounds that resemble vowels, a key part of human language."
sloveniatimes.com/46304/sperm-...
sloveniatimes.com/46304/sperm-...
sloveniatimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
"A group of researchers led by Slovenian UC Berkeley linguist Gašper Beguš have achieved a breakthrough that provides a new insight into sperm whale communication.According to their study, the whales make sounds that resemble vowels, a key part of human language."
sloveniatimes.com/46304/sperm-...
sloveniatimes.com/46304/sperm-...
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Raziskovalci z Univerze Kalifornije, pod vodstvom jezikoslovca Gašperja Beguša, so v komunikaciji kitov glavačev odkrili akustične značilnosti podobne človeškima samoglasnikoma a in i, kar nakazuje na kompleksnost njihovega sporazumevanja.
Kitovi kliki kažejo presenetljivo podobnost človeškim samoglasnikom
www.rtvslo.si
January 11, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Raziskovalci z Univerze Kalifornije, pod vodstvom jezikoslovca Gašperja Beguša, so v komunikaciji kitov glavačev odkrili akustične značilnosti podobne človeškima samoglasnikoma a in i, kar nakazuje na kompleksnost njihovega sporazumevanja.
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Starting the year in Dutch and Belgian news @devolkskrant.bsky.social @demorgen.be
January 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Starting the year in Dutch and Belgian news @devolkskrant.bsky.social @demorgen.be
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– We showed that recursion and metalinguistic analysis, long assumed to be uniquely human, can now be carried out by LLMs
– We built tools that let models analyze and generate language itself, including entirely new languages
– We built tools that let models analyze and generate language itself, including entirely new languages
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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An interesting new paper in AI and Society on the history of clichés, with the latest reuse in AI. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
AI and clichés - AI & SOCIETY
AI & SOCIETY -
link.springer.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:57 AM
An interesting new paper in AI and Society on the history of clichés, with the latest reuse in AI. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Starting the year in Dutch and Belgian news @devolkskrant.bsky.social @demorgen.be
January 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Starting the year in Dutch and Belgian news @devolkskrant.bsky.social @demorgen.be
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Going to MLA soon to talk about digital infrastructures of knowledge creation
January 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Going to MLA soon to talk about digital infrastructures of knowledge creation
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I'm honored to be a part of @ucbids.bsky.social where open science is the highest priority!
Artificial Humanities are open to everyone here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
Artificial Humanities are open to everyone here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI
<I>Artificial Humanities</I> explores how literature, history, and art can deepen our understanding of artificial intelligence and its development. By examining fictional representations of AI in para...
www.fulcrum.org
January 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I'm honored to be a part of @ucbids.bsky.social where open science is the highest priority!
Artificial Humanities are open to everyone here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
Artificial Humanities are open to everyone here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
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Delo's article on funding open science mentions my new book.
I'm grateful to @uofmpress.bsky.social for supporting open access for Artificial Humanities and to my universities, Harvard & UC Berkeley, that significantly contributed to the cost of whooping $15,000 through open access initiatives.
I'm grateful to @uofmpress.bsky.social for supporting open access for Artificial Humanities and to my universities, Harvard & UC Berkeley, that significantly contributed to the cost of whooping $15,000 through open access initiatives.
January 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Delo's article on funding open science mentions my new book.
I'm grateful to @uofmpress.bsky.social for supporting open access for Artificial Humanities and to my universities, Harvard & UC Berkeley, that significantly contributed to the cost of whooping $15,000 through open access initiatives.
I'm grateful to @uofmpress.bsky.social for supporting open access for Artificial Humanities and to my universities, Harvard & UC Berkeley, that significantly contributed to the cost of whooping $15,000 through open access initiatives.
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– Our work crossed into Nature, The Economist, NatGeo, WIRED, IEEE Spectrum, Die ZEIT, and even the Venice Biennale
– We spent the summer thinking about the future of language and AI at Schloss Dagstuhl and in linguistics and AI communities worldwide
– We spent the summer thinking about the future of language and AI at Schloss Dagstuhl and in linguistics and AI communities worldwide
December 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
– Our work crossed into Nature, The Economist, NatGeo, WIRED, IEEE Spectrum, Die ZEIT, and even the Venice Biennale
– We spent the summer thinking about the future of language and AI at Schloss Dagstuhl and in linguistics and AI communities worldwide
– We spent the summer thinking about the future of language and AI at Schloss Dagstuhl and in linguistics and AI communities worldwide
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We had a whale of a year. 🐋
This year we continued researching what counts as language and intelligence -- in humans, animals, and machines.
A few highlights:
– We uncovered vowels and diphthongs in sperm whales, with consequences that reach all the way to law and animal rights
This year we continued researching what counts as language and intelligence -- in humans, animals, and machines.
A few highlights:
– We uncovered vowels and diphthongs in sperm whales, with consequences that reach all the way to law and animal rights
December 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We had a whale of a year. 🐋
This year we continued researching what counts as language and intelligence -- in humans, animals, and machines.
A few highlights:
– We uncovered vowels and diphthongs in sperm whales, with consequences that reach all the way to law and animal rights
This year we continued researching what counts as language and intelligence -- in humans, animals, and machines.
A few highlights:
– We uncovered vowels and diphthongs in sperm whales, with consequences that reach all the way to law and animal rights
Reposted by Gasper Begus
– We showed that recursion and metalinguistic analysis, long assumed to be uniquely human, can now be carried out by LLMs
– We built tools that let models analyze and generate language itself, including entirely new languages
– We built tools that let models analyze and generate language itself, including entirely new languages
December 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
– We showed that recursion and metalinguistic analysis, long assumed to be uniquely human, can now be carried out by LLMs
– We built tools that let models analyze and generate language itself, including entirely new languages
– We built tools that let models analyze and generate language itself, including entirely new languages