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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 12

I see. As you say, you seem to be using a definition of the word "interpret" that goes beyond the dictionary definition. In my talk, I was using the dictionary definition when I suggested that AI told might help us to interpret language patterns.

Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 11

I'm a bit confused. I used the Cambridge definition of interpretation above. If you agree with the definition and accept that AI models can explain things, doesn't it follow that they can offer useful interpretations?

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 11

Interesting! The Cambridge Dictionary defines interpretation as "an explanation or opinion of what something means". Do you think that AI is not able to explain things? Perhaps try asking ChatGPT to explain "Corpus Linguistics". I think you'll find that it's ability to explain is pretty good.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 10

Can't believe one week has already passed since the end of the @cl2025.co.uk conference. This year, I had the great honor of serving as one of the plenary speakers, giving my talk on AI and corpus linguistics in a really lovely venue. Big thanks to @robbielove.org and all the organisers. #CL2025

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you so much for coming! So, what are your thoughts? Do you think I made a convincing argument?

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you so much for coming to my talk last week! I really appreciate the kind words about the talk, too. The picture is fantastic! It's one of only 3 or 4 that I have, so it's very special.

Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you for all the great chats over breakfast each morning. They were the perfect start to the day getting the brain firing. Hope to see you soon!

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 10

Just catching up on social media now that I'm back in Japan. Lovely to see you at #CL2025 as always. Thank you for the great workshop, too. Congrats on the new release of #WMatrix.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 10

It is a great honor. I am very much looking forward to working with you all.

Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 10

It's a great honor to be serving as a guest professor at DHSS. Very much looking forward to the new possibilities for collaboration that the position allows for.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Jul 10

It was so lovely to see you at the conference. Thank you for the kind words about my talk. It seems to have generated a lot of discussion, which is great to see. As you say, the photo really does perfectly capture the evening, too. I could not have asked for a better venue.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 27

Arriving early for the start of the Microsoft AI Tour here in Tokyo. A great way to finish my sabbatical year, where I focused my research, talks, and app development on this revolutionary technology.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 21

Thank you! It was great to see you at the conference.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 20

A bit late, but I’m currently in Erlangen, Germany, enjoying the first day of a @rc21project.bsky.social symposium. It was a great honor to open the event with a talk on AI integration with concordance methods, focusing on new #AntConc functions.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thank you! Glad you found it useful.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thanks for taking the photo. It’ll be a nice reminder of the event.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thanks! There are so many possibilities.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 20

Glad you like it. The new interface is much simpler than in the past (but with the same functionality). I’m hoping it will be easier to use and explain.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 20

Nice summary of the main point from my talk. Thank you for coming!

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 15

Happy to announce our paper on vocab testing using AI was just accepted by the CALL journal. My first collaboration with @Jeffrey51122028, @AaronOlafBatty, Keita Nakamura, Christopher Nicklin, @StuartM13041063, and Kanako Tomaru. The preprint is here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Can We Reliably Score Meaning Recall Vocabulary Tests Using AI? A Comparison of Human vs. AI Scoring | Request PDF

Request PDF | Can We Reliably Score Meaning Recall Vocabulary Tests Using AI? A Comparison of Human vs. AI Scoring | (Preprint- final revised version accepted for publication in Computer Assisted Lang...

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 7

Today was my first day back at Waseda University, where I had the pleasure of hosting Nathan Wang, the CTO of the educational AI company Edexia (YC W25). Very much enjoyed discussing the role of AI in education and hearing about the company's plans.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Mar 7

Back in Japan after a fantastic half year sabbatical at the University of Queensland. Good news is that I'll be continuing my connection with UQ as a visiting scholar until 2028, serving as a consultant and developer for the Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA) project.

www.ldaca.edu.au

LDaCA

The Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA) project receives investment from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) through its HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons program. The ARDC is f...

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Feb 27

Last day of my sabbatical at the University of Queensland. I’ve had such a great time in Brisbane. It’s a really lovely city. Huge thanks to Martin Schweinberger and @drcrosthwaite.bsky.social for being such great hosts, and to everyone else I’ve met during my time here for being so welcoming.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Feb 20

Very much enjoyed attending the Brisbane AWS User Group this evening. Great talk by Mark Promnitz and a great atmosphere in the AWS offices. Nice getting to know Bill McKeague, too.

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Laurence Anthony @lanthony.bsky.social · Feb 19

Today is the last day to register for the event below. I'm honored to be giving the opening talk:
AI-Assisted Concordancing: From Search Support to Pattern Profiling.

Reading Concordances in the 21st Century (RC21) @rc21project.bsky.social · Feb 19

🚨 #RC21 symposium registration closes TODAY!
👀 Find the schedule and titles for talks by
@lanthony.bsky.social @anteangaeile.bsky.social @proftaylor.bsky.social @violawiegand.bsky.social and more:

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#DigitalHumanities #CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #uniFAU #DH

Symposium: Reading Concordances in the 21st Century

Join us for the RC21 Project Symposium, where invited speakers and project team members will present their work on methodology and applications of concordance analysis: For those new to concordance…

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