linguistics – Andrew Fairless, Ph.D.

What I Read: impossible languages

By Andrew Fairless on April 23, 2025January 18, 2025

https://www.quantamagazine.org/can-ai-models-show-us-how-people-learn-impossible-languages-point-a-way-20250113/ Can AI Models Show Us How People Learn? Impossible Languages Point a Way.Ben Brubaker1/13/25 11:00 AM “Certain grammatical rules never appear in any known language. By constructing artificial languagesContinue readingWhat I Read: impossible languages

What I Read: neural systems understanding

By Andrew Fairless on August 26, 2024June 15, 2024

Can an emerging field called ‘neural systems understanding’ explain the brain? Can an emerging field called ‘neural systems understanding’ explain the brain?George Musser5 June 2024 “This mashup of neuroscience, artificialContinue readingWhat I Read: neural systems understanding

What I Read: Artificial, Biological Intelligence

By Andrew Fairless on April 1, 2024March 1, 2024

https://medium.com/@begus.gasper/artificial-and-biological-intelligence-humans-animals-and-machines-142bc3c4b304 Artificial and Biological Intelligence: Humans, Animals, and MachinesGasper BegusSep 19, 2023 “…a highly promising direction in AI research is to use artificial intelligence to better understand biological intelligence, andContinue readingWhat I Read: Artificial, Biological Intelligence

What I Read: What Do LLMs Know About Linguistics?

By Andrew Fairless on September 11, 2023August 1, 2023

https://thegradient.pub/what-do-llms-know-about-linguistics-it-depends-on-how-you-ask/ What Do LLMs Know About Linguistics? It Depends on How You AskTerra Blevins7/9/23 1:00 PM “… LLMs are highly sensitive to how the prompt is written…. We explore theContinue readingWhat I Read: What Do LLMs Know About Linguistics?

What I Read: What, Why ChatGPT

By Andrew Fairless on July 12, 2023June 15, 2023

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/ What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?February 14, 2023Stephen Wolfram “That ChatGPT can automatically generate something that reads even superficially like human-written text is remarkable, andContinue readingWhat I Read: What, Why ChatGPT

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