Humans learn a new word by attaching it to a set of concepts in the real world. Computers “learn” a new word by creating associations with other words In this episode we get enthusiastic about how computers process language with @emilymbender.bsky.social - ThreadSky

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Humans learn a new word by attaching it to a set of concepts in the real world. Computers “learn” a new word by creating associations with other words

In this episode we get enthusiastic about how computers process language with @emilymbender.bsky.social

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lingthusiasm.bsky.social•97 days ago

Don't forget to take the Lingthusiasm Listener Survey! It's our chance to get to know our listeners, and there's some fun linguistics experiments for you to participate in (the questions are different this year, so feel free to take it again!)

Closes December 15th

lingthusiasm.bsky.social•97 days ago

You can read the transcript for 'Helping computers decode sentences - Interview with Emily M. Bender' here:

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You can find more links to lots of things mentioned in this episode on the shownotes page