Noam Chomsky: Language, Cognition, and Deep Learning

2019-11-29 · 36 min · 11 entities

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Noam Chomsky is one of the greatest minds of our time and is one of the most cited scholars in history. He is a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. He has spent over 60 years at MIT and recently also joined the University of Arizona. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook , Medium , or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts or support it on Patreon . This episode is presented by Cash App. Download it ( App Store , Google Play ), use code “LexPodcast”. Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. 00:00 – Introduction 03:59 – Common language with an alience species 05:46 – Structure of language 07:18 – Roots of language in our brain 08:51 – Language and thought 09:44 – The limit of human cognition 16:48 – Neuralink 19:32 – Deepest property of language 22:13 – Limits of deep learning 28:01 – Good and evil 29:52 – Memorable experiences 33:29 – Mortality 34:23 – Meaning of life