Andrew JOSCELYNE

Catastrophic remembering

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AIs can boost speech-variety learning for a single language, by @AndrewJOSCELYN1 https://t.co/WarEBhbnkq

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When was the last time you heard (typically) a man #whistling to himself wandering down the street? Does anyone whistle in city streets these days?

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How will #N. Korean troops understand #Russian orders? Is there a decent phone app for this language pair?

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Progress in AI: a new epoch of R&D “knowledge” production, global competition and collaboration, visible pros and cons, fearers and optimists. We need a good AI evaluator giving regular reports on AI work in all languages. So where is GenAI to do this? Major eval. every 6 months.

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Do AIs perform speech acts?, by @AndrewJOSCELYN1 https://t.co/Kaeo50DLVf

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"Multilingual" needs a vocab upgrade, by @AndrewJOSCELYN1 https://t.co/qFcwwO3kNm

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Recording conversations/generating speech-to-text versions of chats online, etc. needs upgrading. No need to include every interjection (…like…, …so…, for …right?...). Simple text technology ought to generate readable writing, not speech streams.

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Prompt: do you believe in AI for xenographics?, by @AndrewJOSCELYN1 https://t.co/ZlnBfae9Ee

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Language ability is no longer a criterion for blocking a migrant at a border if they have a phone+translator. Just improve translate-quality for migrant language pairs. Aim at Europe, the Americas, the Gulf, Russia, etc. But make sure the phones don’t blow up…

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Understanding the "multi" in multilingual futures , by @AndrewJOSCELYN1 https://t.co/zOSleJ5rF4

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Talking to Yourself: Madness or Mindedness?, by @AndrewJOSCELYN1 https://t.co/dQ2Bu9dWj1

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‘Rainbow’, ‘like a cricket’: every bird in South Africa now has an isiZulu name https://t.co/c0o24dlo9n

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An AI brain implant helps (first time), a paralysed bilingual to speak in both languages. It decodes neural patterns and interprets the language (English/native Spanish) using the most probable combination of words. https://t.co/R6VZKwhikN

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Global warming needs a cool language agenda , by @AndrewJOSCELYN1 https://t.co/ncwBWw2tiM

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Has anyone created a personal diary app using #genAI? Collect all personal data references online/inside your phone and generate a timeline with visuals, music, etc. Add new information via prompts, etc. "This was yr life in 2024..."

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Instead of learning 'foreign' #languages poorly, with difficulty and resentment, #English schoolkids among others should learn more/better about 'language' - as action, heritage, loss, weapon, personal asset, and technology. And use history to show why.

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Hindi# https://t.co/t9xGm2V24k keeps trying to become "UN" language.

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Emoji (n.) = both singular & plural?
- Unicode: "but emoji are not universal in that they..." https://t.co/MASP2LqXNp
- 'Multilingual' website: "In addition to approving emojis, you compile and catalog ..." https://t.co/QgC1npBAGC🥸

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2/ If so, this could be induced by aspects of climate, terrain, food-gathering/production, allies/enemies, and multiple other soc-econ environmental factors. Are languages therefore (partially) structured syntactically, lexically, etc. by non-linguistic features?

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I/ Maybe some languages are structured to be more useful for certain types of collective life (e.g. cooperative vs. competitive, etc).