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Is that a human or machine driving? Mistaken identity can lead to tragedy

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageWe need to know if we're interacting with a human or a machine.Shutterstock

Many of Shakespeare’s plays depend on mistaken identity. In Twelfth Night, Viola disguises herself as a boy, and is mistaken for her twin brother Sebastian, complicating an already complicated love triangle.

Don’t forget, boys played girls back then. So we had a...

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'Highbrow' and 'middlebrow' are irrelevant when it comes to which writing survives

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imageThe distinctions between highbrow and middlebrow fiction are as old as literature itself. régine debatty

Clearing out my office in preparation for a faculty move, I am faced with the dilemma of what books to retain and what to discard. With non-fiction it is easy: keep any reference books that might prove useful in later life, such as the...

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