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Re-release: 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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