AI Job No. 1: Save the Humans

Bookish Diversions: Chaucer’s Vacation, Elizabeth’s Secrets, AI Translators, Ancient Book Slaves, More

¶ Vacationing with Chaucer. Everyone needs a break, and that’s always been true. But it was still a surprise to realize the only text written in the hand of Geoffrey Chaucer, father of English literature, was a hastily composed vacation request.

Writing is usually bivocational, a nice way of saying it doesn’t cover the rent and authors often require a s…