https://omarali.me/tags/noam-chomsky/Recent content in Noam Chomsky on Omar NiorahHugoen-USSun, 27 Sep 2026 08:28:39 +0400https://omarali.me/posts/i-poked-chatgpt-until-it-had-an-emotion/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:28:39 +0400https://omarali.me/posts/i-poked-chatgpt-until-it-had-an-emotion/<h2 id="i-poked-chatgpt-until-it-had-an-emotion">I Poked ChatGPT Until It Had an Emotion</h2> <p><em>Or: maybe “it’s just statistics” was never the insult we thought it was.</em></p> <p>It is 8:22 in the morning.</p> <p>I was supposed to be asleep about four hours ago.</p> <p>This is Trevor Noah&rsquo;s fault.</p> <p>Seriously.</p> <p>At around 4 AM I was trying to fall asleep while listening to a podcast with Trevor Noah, Eugene Khoza and Jimmy Carr. This seemed like a sensible plan. Put podcast on. Listen vaguely. Brain switches off. Sleep.</p>https://omarali.me/posts/abey-chutiye-or-how-english-is-just-as-cool-as-any-other-language/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:25:47 +0400https://omarali.me/posts/abey-chutiye-or-how-english-is-just-as-cool-as-any-other-language/<h2 id="no-your-language-does-not-contain-an-emotion-english-cannot-express">No, Your Language Does Not Contain an Emotion English Cannot Express</h2> <p><strong>Abey chutiye.</strong></p> <p>There.</p> <p>That&rsquo;s the problem.</p> <p>Or rather, that&rsquo;s what made me realize there <em>is</em> a problem.</p> <p>A few days ago I was talking about multilingualism and casually suggested that sometimes another language can express something English somehow can&rsquo;t.</p> <p>And immediately I thought:</p> <p><strong>Bullshit.</strong></p> <p>What exactly can I say with <em>abey chutiye</em> that I cannot say in English?</p> <p>“You fucking idiot.”</p>