Summary of Learning Language Structures Through Grounding, by Freda Shi
Learning Language Structures through Grounding
by Freda Shi
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The dissertation proposes a novel approach to learning language structures using machine learning techniques grounded in external data sources. By leveraging distant supervision from various domains, such as visual images or program executions, the authors aim to improve language understanding and generalization capabilities. The study explores a family of machine learning tasks that focus on implicit or explicit awareness of syntactic and semantic structures, enabling efficient language use and adaptation to novel sentences. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This dissertation is about using machines to learn how languages work. Humans can pick up new words and sentence structures because they understand the rules behind language. The researchers want to teach machines these same skills by giving them hints from other sources of information, like pictures or computer code. By doing this, they hope to make machines better at understanding and using language. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Generalization » Language understanding » Machine learning
