CBMM Virtual Research Meeting: Noga Zaslavsky

Photo of Noga Zaslavsky May 19, 2020 - 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
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Noga Zaslavsky

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Title: Efficient compression and linguistic meaning in humans and machines

 

Abstract: In this talk, I will argue that efficient compression may provide a fundamental principle underlying the human capacity to communicate and reason about meaning, and may help to inform machines with similar linguistic abilities. I will first address this at the population level, showing that pressure for efficient compression may drive the evolution of word meanings across languages, and may give rise to human-like semantic representations in artificial neural networks trained for vision. I will then address this at the agent level, where local context-dependent interactions influence the meaning of utterances. I will show that efficient compression may give rise to human pragmatic reasoning in reference games, suggesting a novel and principled approach to informing machine learning systems with pragmatic skills.

 

https://mit.zoom.us/j/99968215057?pwd=dVJsRzFXcFVYNzZnSUY1d05lcDVRdz09

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Date: 
May 19, 2020
Time: 
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
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https://mit.zoom.us/j/99968215057?pwd=dVJsRzFXcFVYNzZnSUY1d05lcDVRdz09

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