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HARVARD MAGAZINE July/August 2024 :
Decoding the Deep
![David Gruber on the North Shore of Massachusetts](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_teaser_wide/public/2024-06/hm_ja24_page_14_image_0001.jpg?h=bba6a395&itok=ZiHWkASM)
Project CETI’s pioneering effort to unlock the language of sperm whales
by Jonathan Shaw
Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity
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Reflections on six decades of relations with comptuers
by Harry R. Lewis