The Good Robot

Rebecca Woods on Large Language Models, Language and Meaning, and How Children Learn Languages

January 09, 2024 Dr Kerry McInerney and Dr Eleanor Drage
The Good Robot
Rebecca Woods on Large Language Models, Language and Meaning, and How Children Learn Languages
Show Notes

In this episode, we talked to Rebecca Woods, a Senior Lecturer in Language and Cognition at Newcastle University.  We have an amazing chat about language learning in AI, and she tells us how language is crucial to how ChatGPT functions. She's also an expert in how children learn languages, and she compares this to teaching AI how to process languages. 


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