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BI 053 Jon Brennan: Linguistics in Minds and Machines
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93 minutes
Released:
Nov 17, 2019
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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.
Jon's Computational Neurolinguistics Lab. His personal website. The papers we discuss or mention: Hierarchical structure guides rapid linguistic predictions during naturalistic listening.Finding syntax in human encephalography with beam search.
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.
Jon's Computational Neurolinguistics Lab. His personal website. The papers we discuss or mention: Hierarchical structure guides rapid linguistic predictions during naturalistic listening.Finding syntax in human encephalography with beam search.
Released:
Nov 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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