BI 053 Jon Brennan: Linguistics in Minds and Machines

November 17, 2019 01:33:24
BI 053 Jon Brennan: Linguistics in Minds and Machines
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BI 053 Jon Brennan: Linguistics in Minds and Machines

Nov 17 2019 | 01:33:24

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Show Notes

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. 

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