Baby Language, AI Medicine, Human Collaboration

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today, you’ll learn about how babies pick up language before they’re even born, an AI that takes on the busy work for doctors, and new insight into how humans collaborate.

Baby Language

“Babies’ Brains Are Primed For Their Native Language Before Birth.” by Nyla Husain. 2023.
“Prenatal experience with language shapes the brain.” by Benedetta Mariani. 2023.
“The What and When of Universal Perception: A Review of Early Speech Sound Acquisition.” by Katerina Chladkova & Nikola Paillereau. 2020.

AI Medicine

“Medical AI tool from UF, NVIDIA gets human thumbs-up in first study.” by Jim W. Harper. 2023.
“AI Training AI: GatorTronGPT at the Forefront of University of Florida’s Medical AI Innovations.” by Mona Flores. 2023.
“A study of generative large language model for medical research and healthcare.” by Cheng Peng, et al. 2023.
“Physicians, paperwork, and paying attention to patients.” by Dr. Monique Tello. 2016.

Human Collaboration

“How we play together.” n.a. 2023.
“The evolution of human cooperation.” Coren L. Apicella & Joan B. Silk. 2019.

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:13.9	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.3	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how babies
0:21.1	pick up language before they're even born, an AI that
0:24.4	takes on the busy work for doctors, and new insight into how humans collaborate.
0:29.2	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:32.0	Everyone knows that in their first year of life, babies pick up an extraordinary amount of language.
0:37.0	They might not be talking a lot, but they are certainly listening.
0:40.0	Research shows that they start babbling around seven months of age, and they've already sorted out their
0:45.2	native language to a remarkable degree.
0:47.2	Well, a new study has pushed the development of language comprehension back even further,
0:51.8	like way further.
0:54.0	How much further can you go back?
0:56.2	They're not even a year old.
0:58.0	Okay, try before birth.
1:00.4	Okay, well, on the surface that seems sort of magical, but I guess when you think about it, it does actually make some sense. I know studies have shown that babies in their mother's wombs can hear sounds from the outside, right?
1:13.4	Absolutely. From five to seven months in the womb, a baby can start to hear external sounds.
1:18.3	And there's one sound that is especially constant in their tiny ears, their mother's voice. In fact, newborns tend to prefer the sound of their
1:25.2	mother's voice over other voices as if they recognize it.
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