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How do other intelligences - be they machine-made, of extraterrestrial provenance, or our nearby animal kin - shape our understanding of language and our modes of communication? This seminar examines the social, economic, and ethical implications of interacting with and learning alongside algorithms, fungi, “digital assistants,” octopi, and other “more-than-human beings”. We will consider artificial intelligence, machine learning, and human-animal interaction from the perspectives of philosophy, science, and popular culture, including a project that will examine the possibilities and challenges of emerging AI tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion, and the phenomenon of “deepfakes.”