Chinese is my native language. I have studied English for many years, and French is a language I use daily in my everyday life. When I first started building my website luluma.xyz, I also planned to make it a trilingual site with Chinese, English, and French toggles. Since the website is mainly about integrating AI technology into small applications, I often use AI assistants. When communicating with AI, I mix Chinese, English, and French — whichever language lets me write fewer words is the one I use. The AI understands me perfectly, making me feel that there are no language barriers in communication. That feeling is awesome!
When I was a kid, I heard the story of the Tower of Babel: In the beginning, all people spoke the same language. United and powerful, they decided to build a tower that would reach the heavens. The Lord came down to see the city and the tower. He thought that if humans, sharing one language, could accomplish such a feat, then “nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.” So he had to stop their plan. He confused their language so that they could no longer understand one another. The communication barrier ultimately brought the project to a halt, and humanity scattered across the earth.
In the story, God used language confusion to stop humanity, but today’s AI does the opposite — it removes language barriers. I couldn’t help but wonder: Is AI the Tower of Babel that humanity has finally built? Only this time, there is no God to confuse the languages. With AI, people from all over the world can communicate without error. With AI, “nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.”
So I gave up the idea of a trilingual website with separate language versions, and instead started exploring the possibility of a site where all languages are mixed together. That is, in the same article, Chinese, English, and French would appear together, with no language-switching buttons.
I haven't yet found a perfect solution — for instance, how to ensure reading fluency across different languages in one article, or how to avoid confusing visitors — but I will keep looking.