#News from #AI #research : “How #ChatGPT can benefit from #human #brains - or how we teach #machines to #think ”

The research is a true joint venture between #AI and #neuroscience, as the #data and #methods can directly contribute to the #improvement of #LLM, such as #ChatGPT, and #cognitive #neuroscience can also learn about the #use and #formation of #language in the #brain.

More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/10/24/bauanleitung-kuenstliches-bewusstsein/

fascism / fascist

https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/fascism-fascist

The sound of "flatulence" in Vietnamese!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

How frequent is vulgar language in online discourse across 20 different English-speaking regions?

Corpus linguistics has the answer. Image and paper by Schweinberger & Burridge, 2025: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2025.103946

1,500 Uzbeks can find work in Slovenia – specific directions and opportunities https://www.byteseu.com/1036753/ #agency #country #Courses #demand #foreign #labor #language #market #Migration #official #professional #recent #reported #sectors #services #Slovenia #start #these #through #unemployment

アサガオ　Asagao
本日はアサガオの花言葉を紹介したいと思います
Honjitsu wa asagao no hanakotoba wo shoukaishitai to omoimasu

https://youtu.be/bVL3ixirl2E?feature=shared

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アザレア　Azarea
本日はアザレアの花言葉を紹介したいと思います
This time's topic is the flower language of azalea and proverbs ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi.

https://youtu.be/-ERN-KzVHak?feature=shared

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アスチルベ　Asuchirube
This time's topic is the flower language of astilbe and proverbs issun no mushi ni mo gobu no tamashii.
Honjitsu wa asuchirube no hanakotoba wo shoukaishitai to omoimasu

https://youtu.be/myiNVPLED2w?feature=shared

ACADEMY, or PUSHING SCHOOL. A brothel. The Floating Academy; the lighters on board of which those persons are confined, who by a late regulation are condemned to hard labour, instead of transportation.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

I'm not Irish but I felt this in my bones!

"Ever feel something heavy in your chest, but no word for it?
That’s what losin’ Irish feels like.
In English, you’re just ‘sad’. In Irish? Tá brón orm , the sorrow’s on ya
It’s not just a language we lost.
It’s a whole way of feeling
A whole way of seeing the world."

c: @theworkingclassseanchai on TikTok

Translating manga isn’t just about words — it’s about tone, culture and avoiding flame wars. From honorifics to onomatopoeia, here’s why manga translation is a high-stakes art form. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/05/23/language/manga-translation-japanese/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #translation #howtostudyjapanese #vocabulary #manga

I do not understand why people don't like the worst #moist When I was a kid, it was used in ads for cake.

Anyway...

Hello from Belarus! #HelloWorld #Belarus #language #linguistics

The sound of "pausing or thinking" in Danish!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Here is what in my news today! :)

A new transmission from Musing On Society and Technology

From Cassette Tapes and Phrasebooks to AI Real-Time Translations

There’s something beautifully awkward about trying to understand someone in a language that’s not your own.

I’ve been dreaming of real-time translation since I was a kid — not flying cars, not robot butlers (though I’d take one to fold laundry). Just the idea of truly understanding someone, in their language.

Now, with AI-powered translations in #Google Meet, we’re there.

It’s seamless. Flawless. Magical.

And then… it sucks.

Like, existentially, beautifully sucks.

Because while machines can now speak for us, we may be forgetting how to actually understand each other.

As a proud Gen X analog soul, I remember the rewinds, the mixtapes, the Maxell cassettes, the static. I felt language — in the waiting, the effort, the emotion.

Now? Everything’s fast. Clean. Automated. Translated. But at what cost?

This isn’t just about tech. It’s about humanity, connection, and the spaces in between. We don’t live in 0s and 1s — we live in the gray, the glitch, the hybrid.

Read (or listen to) the full story here — narrated by my #AI sidekick, TAPE3, who has a decent voice and way better pronunciation than me :

https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7079849705156870144/

Radio version? I meant podcast?

Here https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/from-cassette-tapes-and-phrasebooks-to-ai-real-time-translations-machines-can-now-speak-for-us-but-were-losing-the-art-of-understanding-each-other-a-musing-on-society-technology-newsletter-written-by-marco-ciappelli-read-by-tape3

Stay curious and mispronounce a few words, it is ok.

— Marco

One key problem with education in India is that primary school teaching is often in a language the children do not understand. Rajasthan has launched a pilot program to teach students to read in their mother tongue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/22/world/society/india-mother-tongue-reading/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #india #language #education #bilingual

Hello from Vatican City! #HelloWorld #VaticanCity #language #linguistics

How to correctly pronounce – Michelle Monaghan. https://www.inbella.com/1062541/how-to-correctly-pronounce-michelle-monaghan/ #Arabic #CzechEtc. #Dutch #English #FemaleCelebrities #French #Gaelic #German #Greek #Hindi #HowTo #Hungarian #Indonesian #Irish #Italian #Japanese #Korean #language #latin #learn #malay #Mandarin #MichelleMonaghan #polish #Portuguese #pronounce #pronunciation #Romanian #russian #scottish #Spanish #speaker #speech #Swedish #tutorial #Welsh

"Spruiking!" Learned me a new word. #Spruiking! #Vocabulary #Language #Slang #Australia #Culture https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-22/deepfake-norman-swan-videos-spruiking-unproven-medicines/105038482