Languages are more complex than we might think, and to get artificial intelligence to understand them on our level is a tough task. Dr. Abhijit Mahabal has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science, and he has spent a decade at Google working with algorithms for natural languages. He explains what the difficulties are but also the big values of language.
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On May 20th, the publishing house Fri Tanke arranged a symposium with world famous evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins and a long list of other scientists and intellectuals. There were fascinating exchanges of knowledge and arguments on exciting topics such as evolution, AI, language and human enhancement. Here is a summary!
Professor in Astronomy, Göran Östlin, explains what scientists know about dark matter and dark energy today, what the most likely theories are, how forces from dark matter and energy counteract each other and whether or not he thinks we will solve these riddles within the next decades or not.
Interview with Mattias Lundberg, Associate Professor in psychology, about conspiracy theories, the psychology behind the phenomenon, characteristics of the conspiracy theorists and what role social media has come to play in the subject.
Interview with Ashk Dahlén, Associate Professor in Iranian Languages, about the great Persian Empire which lasted for more than 200 years and was ruled by legendary kings like Cyrus, Darius and Xerxes. Dahlén explains what was unique with the kingdom, how to deal with one-sided bias sources, the purpose of Persepolis, what we can learn from this part of history and how it relates to modern politics, both in Iran and globally.