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73: Consequences of Language (with Nick Enfield and Morten Christiansen)

Apr 3, 2023

02:12:59

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Nick Enfield

Morten Christiansen

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01:31

Introduction

2min

How to Pack in 17 Squares of Equal Size

2min

The Consequences of Language

2min

The Importance of Intersubjectivity in Language

2min

How to Be a Speechy

2min

The History of Flipping the Bird

2min

The Origins of the Middle Finger

2min

The Fuckeu Finger in a Court Case

2min

The F-Word and the Wrongful Dismissal Claim

1min

10.

How to Say Nasty Words in Your Country

2min

11.

The Role of Nut Fluids in Relationships

2min

12.

The Claims of the Chardonnay Region and the Connyak Region

2min

13.

The Importance of Meat in Swedish Diet

2min

14.

The Reversal of the Milk Definition

2min

15.

The Future of Protein Innovation Houses

2min

16.

Something's Got a Change Redefining Collaborative Linguistic Research

2min

17.

The Language Game With Nick Chader

2min

18.

The Poverty of the Stimulus

2min

19.

Large Language Models Demonstrate the Potential of Statistical Learning in Language

2min

20.

Large Language Models Can Learn to Make Grammatical Output

2min

21.

The Problem With Large Language Models

2min

22.

The Poverty of the Stimulus

2min

23.

The Importance of Large Language Models in Poverty

2min

24.

The Poverty of Stimulus

2min

25.

The Power of Large Language Models

2min

26.

The Argument for Large Language Models

2min

27.

The Power of Distribution Learnings in Language Models

2min

28.

The Positive and Negative Sides of Large Language Models for Education

2min

29.

The Potentials of Large Language Models for Teaching Writing

3min

30.

The Potential of Statistics Learning in Language

2min

31.

The Importance of Knowing Language

2min

32.

The Importance of Similarity in Artificial Intelligence

2min

33.

The Power of Distributional Learning

2min

34.

The Importance of Originality in Chateppi Tests

2min

35.

The Power of Language

2min

36.

The Importance of Language in Media Studies

2min

37.

The Philosophy of Linguistics: Big Picture Questions

2min

38.

The Relationship Between Ben and Hedwig

2min

39.

The Relationship Between Josh and the Name Joshua

2min

40.

The Two Sensations of Gagging

2min

41.

The History of Gagging

2min

42.

The Little Differences That Make a Big Difference

2min

43.

The Power of Language Knowledge

2min

44.

The Difference Between Language and AI of Language

2min

45.

The Dismissiveness of AI

3min

46.

The Skepticism of the Concept of Stochastic Parrots

2min

47.

The Importance of Language in Social Interaction

4min

48.

The Importance of Communication

2min

49.

The Synthesis of Joint Activity and Intersubjectivity

2min

50.

The Importance of Language in Joint Commitment

3min

51.

The Role of Language in Human Life

3min

52.

Consequences of Language

3min

53.

The Power of Language in Building Intersubjectivity

3min

54.

The Power of Quoted Speech

3min

55.

The Evolution of Language

2min

56.

The Importance of Language Diversity

3min

57.

The Importance of Language in Accountability

3min

58.

The Tyranny of Accountability

2min

59.

The Importance of Learning New Words

2min

60.

The Three Alternatives to Hail Snow

2min

61.

The Importance of Humming and Squeeze Snow

2min

62.

Quiet Quitting

2min

63.

Rage: How to Get a Job That's Relevant to You

2min

64.

The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

2min

65.

The Ratatouille Rat

2min

66.

How to Help Us Spread the Words of the Week

2min

67.

How to Be a Patron of Language

3min

When language was innovated, what happened next? How did it change our abilities — and our responsibilities — to each other? Dr Nick Enfield shares ideas from his new book, Consequences of Language.

Plus: Have large language models (like GPT) disproven a key tenet of the innateness of language? Dr Morten Christiansen takes us through the implications for nativism and language learning.