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The Science of Everything Podcast

Special Episode: Language in Brains and Machines

The Science of Everything Podcast

James Fodor

Natural Sciences, Science, Social Sciences

4.8750 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

A special interview from the Padverb Podcast, in which I discuss my research on language in the brain and thoughts on AI. The discussion covers topics such as backpropagation, how humans acquire language and concepts, how artificial neural networks differ from biological neural networks, and some thoughts on the future impact of artificial intelligence. Near the end of the conversation, we also discuss some of my work on exploring the causes of economic growth and development. Link to the Padverb Podcast: The Padverb Podcast with KMO on Apple Podcasts If you enjoyed the podcast please consider supporting the show by making a PayPal donation or becoming a Patreon supporter. https://www.patreon.com/jamesfodor https://www.paypal.me/ScienceofEverything

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0:00.0

Oh, wow, oh, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh, wow.

0:13.0

Oh, wow.

0:15.0

Oh, my.

0:17.0

And so. Hello, you're listening to a special episode of the Science of Everything podcast. I'm your host, James Fodor.

0:38.6

In this episode, I have included an interview that I did with a fellow science podcaster, the Padverb

0:44.9

podcast. And in this interview, I talk about some of my research that I'm doing in my PhD,

0:51.2

looking at neural network models of language and how we can represent

0:54.7

linguistic concepts and semantic information in neural networks, and that language is represented in the

1:01.6

brain and in the human mind is quite different from the way that contemporary language models

1:07.2

in artificial intelligence systems. So there's some extended discussions about that.

1:12.4

We talk about back propagation, GPT3, chatbots and other such things. And at the end of the

1:17.5

episode, we talk a little bit about, we switch gears a little bit and talk about some of the

1:21.7

issues that I discuss in my economics growth podcast series episodes. So I thought this might be of interest. Check it out if

1:29.1

you are interested in those sort of topics. Otherwise, feel free to skip this one and wait until

1:33.3

the next episode comes out. But without further ado, I will pass over to the original recording.

1:38.9

This is the Padverb podcast. I'm your host, KMO, and I am speaking with fellow podcaster James Fodor.

1:45.0

James, welcome to the Padverb podcast.

1:48.0

Hi, it's a pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me.

1:51.0

So I am very impressed by your podcast. It's called The Science of Everything.

1:55.0

I have listened to several episodes. I will admit that I have kept my, I've mostly stuck to financial episodes, although I know

2:02.1

you cover a wide, wide variety of subject matter. And they're mostly solo shows, which, you know,

2:09.5

a conversation like we're having, which gets turned into a podcast is much easier to do than you

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