29 September 2026 to 3 October 2026
OeAW Main Seat
Europe/Vienna timezone

Chatbot Lexicography: Are GenAI LLMs Simply ‘Dictionaries’ In Their Own Right and ‘Lexicographers’ Plain and Simple?

29 Sept 2026, 17:00
30m
01 | Johannessaal (01 | Johannessaal, OeAW Main Seat, 1st floor)

01 | Johannessaal

01 | Johannessaal, OeAW Main Seat, 1st floor

Austrian Academy of Sciences Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2 1010 Vienna

Speaker

Gilles-Maurice de Schryver (Ghent University)

Description

At the time of the Euralex 2026 conference it will be nearly four years since the start of the GenAI revolution. The question that needs to be asked, and which will be answered, is thus: Is any of the past work in (academic) lexicography still of any relevance, or are LLM chatbots simply ‘dictionaries’ in their own right and ‘lexicographers’ plain and simple? The answer is a shocking one.

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