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Big Think

New AI translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform tablets instantly

6 min · Jul 5th · Translation isn’t simply a matter of swapping one word for a corresponding word in another language. A high-quality translation requires the translator to understand how both languages string thoughts… · Shared by 404, including Carla Gentry 🎶, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Simon Kuestenmacher, Joscha Bach, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Michael Shermer, Pascal Sulser, Peter van Sabben.eth, Kevin Kelly, Josep M. Ganyet, Warren Whitlock, Essaadi
artificial intelligence
OpenAI

Government of Iceland

4 min · Mar 14th · How Iceland is using GPT-4 to preserve its language. · Shared by 13, including Josep M. Ganyet, Thomas Frank
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Google’s powerful AI spotlights a human cognitive glitch: Mistaking fluent speech for fluent thought

10 min · 2022-06-24 · Fluent expression is not always evidence of a mind at work, but the human brain is primed to believe so. A pair of cognitive linguistics experts explain why language is not a good test of sentience. · Shared by 152, including Steven Pinker, Bob E. Hayes, Josep M. Ganyet, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Shepal, Howard Getson
artificial intelligence
language
google
The New York Times

The Meaning and History of Memes

5 min · 2022-01-27 · Internet culture is saturated with memes, but how would you explain a meme to someone who doesn’t get it? · Shared by 20, including Josep M. Ganyet
zyppy.com

Googlespeak™ - How Google Limits Thought About Antitrust

8 min · From 2021 · “Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”… · Shared by 71, including Cyrus, Rand Fishkin, Josep M. Ganyet, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
google
lel.ed.ac.uk

EskimoHoax.pdf

From 2021 · Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet
mit.edu

whorf.scienceandlingui…

From 2021 · Shared by 4, including Josep M. Ganyet
Scientific American

How Language Shapes the Brain

4 min · From 2019 · The ascent of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito offers a lesson in the neuroscientific power of words · Shared by 52, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Josep M. Ganyet, Dominik Grolimund, Jane, Ward Plunet
language
Fast Company

How language shapes our perception of reality

5 min · From 2018 · The many subtle differences across languages might actually change the way we experience the world.  · Shared by 65, including Josep M. Ganyet, Guy Kawasaki, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Gérard Godin, Krishna
TED Talks

How language shapes the way we think

From 2018 · There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language -- from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and right to the multiple words for blue in Russian -- that suggest the answer is a resounding yes. "The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and h · Shared by 17, including Stanford NLP Group, Josep M. Ganyet, Lera Boroditsky
The New York Times

Does Your Language Shape How You Think?

18+ min · From 2017 · The idea that your mother tongue shapes your experience of the world may be true after all. · Shared by 21, including Josep M. Ganyet, Valiskster
language
linguistics
cognitive
altalang.com

Does the language we speak shape the way we think?

6 min · From 2021 · If we have no word for the color blue, it’s not that we cannot see it, but that we are very focused on talking about red. · Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet
rodamots.cat

‘Gran’ i ‘gros’

10 min · From 2021 · Joan Solà A l’Adelaida, la Nausica, en Martí, la Laura, l’Isra, la Maria i l’Oriol 1. Un col·lega barceloní jove i bon filòleg em deia un dia que ell ja no havia “rebut” la distinció entre gran i gros… · Shared by 5, including Josep M. Ganyet
youtube.com

Evolution of the Alphabet | Earliest Forms to Modern Latin Script

From 2021 · Buy the chart:https://usefulcharts.com/products/evolution-of-the-alphabetTypes of Writing Systems video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmz42awTRsACREDITS:Ch... · Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet
nuvol.com

https://www.nuvol.com/llengua/guia-per-mantenir-el…

From 2021 · Shared by 7, including Josep M. Ganyet, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
blocs.mesvilaweb.cat

CUCAINA | Etziba Balutxo...

16+ min · From 2020 · CUCAINA; EL PAÍS DE LA LLIBERTAT UNA PARAULA D’UNA SOLA FAMÍLIA? Recentment, amb les meves tres germanes, hem evocat un record d’infantesa compartit. Amb petits matisos, per a nosaltres Cucaina era… · Shared by 5, including Josep M. Ganyet
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