Lexicography – the art and science of dictionary-making – and semantics – the study of meaning in language – are intertwined disciplines that illuminate how words are organised, defined and used.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we look at the world. AI "robots" are everywhere. From our phones to devices like Amazon's Alexa, we live in a world surrounded by machine learning.

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