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Baby Language, AI Medicine, Human Collaboration


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Today, you’ll learn about how babies pick up language before they’re even born, an AI that takes on the busy work for doctors, and new insight into how humans collaborate.  

 

Baby Language 

 

  • “Babies’ Brains Are Primed For Their Native Language Before Birth.” by Nyla Husain. 2023.  
  • “Prenatal experience with language shapes the brain.” by Benedetta Mariani. 2023.  
  • “The What and When of Universal Perception: A Review of Early Speech Sound Acquisition.” by Katerina Chladkova & Nikola Paillereau. 2020.  

 

AI Medicine 

 

  • “Medical AI tool from UF, NVIDIA gets human thumbs-up in first study.” by Jim W. Harper. 2023.  
  • “AI Training AI: GatorTronGPT at the Forefront of University of Florida’s Medical AI Innovations.” by Mona Flores. 2023.  
  • “A study of generative large language model for medical research and healthcare.” by Cheng Peng, et al. 2023.  
  • “Physicians, paperwork, and paying attention to patients.” by Dr. Monique Tello. 2016.  

 

Human Collaboration  

 

  • “How we play together.” n.a. 2023.  
  • “The evolution of human cooperation.” Coren L. Apicella & Joan B. Silk. 2019.  

 

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