Jon and I discuss understanding the syntax and semantics of language in our brains. He uses linguistic knowledge at the level of sentence and words, neuro-computational models, and neural data like EEG and fMRI to figure out how we process and understand language while listening to the natural language found in everyday conversations and stories. I also get his take on the current state of natural language processing and other AI advances, and how linguistics, neurolinguistics, and AI can contribute to each other.
Find out more about Steve at his website. Things mentioned during the show: Papers we talked about: Publishing negative results! Wagenaar, D. A., Pine,...
Dileep’s homepage. Dileep on Twitter: @dileeplearning Vicarious, the general AI robotics company Dileep cofounded. Vicarious on Twitter: @vicariousai. The papers we discuss: A generative...
Alison and I discuss her work to accelerate learning and thus improve AI by studying how children learn, as Alan Turing suggested in his...