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This AI learnt language by seeing the world through a baby’s eyes

A neural network that taught itself to recognize objects using the filmed experiences of a single infant could offer new insights into how humans learn.
  1. Elizabeth Gibney
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An artificial intelligence (AI) model has learnt to recognize words such as ‘crib’ and ‘ball’, by studying headcam recordings of a tiny fraction of a single baby’s life.

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Nature 626, 465-466 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00288-1

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  1. Vong, W. K., Wang, W., Orhan, A. E. & Lake, B. M. Science 383, 504–511 (2024).

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