Month: April 2023

Word Length and Entity Size: Decoding Linguistic Intuition

Think of language as a playful puzzle! Imagine if the length of a word reflected the size of the thing it represents. Well, that’s exactly what happens with ‘whale’ and ‘microorganism.’ It’s like calling a massive mammal by saying two letters, or describing a tiny organism with a tongue-twisting phrase! At first, this seems to […]

Published on April 17, 2023

Exploring Melody Perception with TRACX2: A Recurrent Connectionist Model

Imagine you’re in a music class and you’re learning to recognize different melodies. Just like how our brains chunk words and images, researchers have developed a clever model called TRACX2 to simulate how we perceive melodies. This model, which has been successfully used for speech and image processing, trains itself to recognize short sequences of […]

Published on April 17, 2023

Unlocking the Secrets of Modelā€Based Planning

Imagine you’re trying to solve a complex puzzle, but instead of just diving in and moving the pieces around randomly, you take a step back and create a model of the puzzle in your mind. This model allows you to predict how certain moves will affect the outcome, guiding you towards a successful solution. In […]

Published on April 17, 2023