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Language as AI’s universal interface: What it means and why it matters

Reda SadkiArtificial intelligence

Imagine if you could control every device, system, and process in the world simply by talking to it in plain English—or any language you speak. No special commands to memorize. No programming skills required. No technical manuals to study. Just explain what you want in your own words, and it happens. This is the transformation Eric Schmidt described when he spoke about language becoming the “universal interface” for artificial intelligence. To understand why this matters, we need to step back and see how radically this changes everything. The old way: A tower of Babel Today, interacting with technology requires learning its language, not the other way around. Consider what you need to know: Each system speaks its own language. Humans must constantly translate their intentions into forms machines can understand. This creates barriers everywhere: between people and technology, between different systems, and between those who have technical skills and those …