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Chatbots and translation software promise texts at the push of a button. The double issue of Akzente asks what makes language human, intelligent, and alive – and what consequences it has for ourselves, for literature, and for society when we automate it. How does the world change when we no longer take responsibility for our thoughts and feelings, but instead let platform monopolies calculate word probabilities? What view of humanity is represented in this context, and where do human rights and dignity stand in this "greatest theft in human history," along with sustainability and democracy? Essays, poems, and conversations explore the cosmos of machine language – and demonstrate why human creativity is irreplaceable.