What happens when a lifelong language learner decides to learn a language with artificial intelligence as his only teacher?
In Tower of Babbling 2.0, Keith Hayden sets out on a bold 30-day challenge: to learn Korean from scratch in just thirty minutes a day, using only AI tools. What begins as an experiment in speed becomes a meditation on what it means to stay human in an age when machines can translate every word for us.
Through vivid vignettes, travel memories, and daily reflections, Hayden explores the future of learning, the power of consistency, and the strange beauty of human–AI collaboration. This is more than a 30-day challenge.
It’s a roadmap for rediscovering curiosity. Let this be proof that in a world fluent in algorithms, the most important language we can still learn is connection to our fellow humans through the power of language and culture sharing.
Part memoir. Part field manual. 100% experiment.
Welcome back to the tower. Begin your ascent to discover where language, technology, and humanity collide in the age of AI.
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