Artificial Intelligence and Discourse

“The volume offers a set of beguiling essays.  Artificial Intelligence and Discourse charts key developments in the field, from human/machine interaction to the latest trends in GenAI.  This will surely become an important text on AI in the social sciences and humanities.”

-Anthony Elliott, Distinguished Professor, Adelaide University, Australia

This book is the second volume in the two-volume set Artificial Intelligence and Discourse. It explores how generative AI tools such as ChatGPT-3, ChatGPT-4, Gemini, and CoPilot are transforming human–machine interaction and communication across institutions and individuals in education, journalism, policy, and creative industries. With contributions from nine countries, it examines GenAI not just as a tool but as an active conversational partner shaping language, identity, and professional practice. The chapters analyse anthropomorphism, algorithmic bias, and the challenges of meaning-making in contexts ranging from classroom writing and resume design to political speechwriting and STEM creativity. Case studies reveal how AI reshapes agency, creativity, authority, and self-perception, while exposing potential risks of miscommunication, bias, and cultural erasure. Drawing on discourse analysis, linguistic pragmatics, digital humanities and rhetoric, the volume offers accessible, interdisciplinary perspectives for researchers, educators, and policymakers seeking to understand and critically engage with the cultural and communicative consequences of AI in everyday life.

Banafsheh Karamifar is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and French as a Second Language at Laurentian University, Canada, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Her research bridges critical discourse analysis, semantics, cultures and societies, with a current focus on AI and Generative AI as discursive and socio-technical artefacts.

Andrea C. Valente is an educator, researcher, and consultant in higher education as well as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at York University, Canada. Her work sits at the intersection of neuro-humanities, pedagogy, applied linguistics, and generative AI, examining how emerging technologies transform teaching, learning, and knowledge production.