The Inner World of Ripley the Robot
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"A child can speak eloquently using just a few words. But computers tend to make clumsy communicators -- even if they know the definition of every word in the dictionary.
New research suggests that's because words and the rules for using them represent just the tip of a linguistic iceberg.
"Language is inherently a social activity," says Deb Roy, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "It's far more than just a vocabulary and a grammar. That's just the surface stuff."
Roy is part of a team of scientists trying to develop robots that can communicate more effectively with people. In the process, they're learning a lot about what lies beneath the surface of human language."
"A child can speak eloquently using just a few words. But computers tend to make clumsy communicators -- even if they know the definition of every word in the dictionary.
New research suggests that's because words and the rules for using them represent just the tip of a linguistic iceberg.
"Language is inherently a social activity," says Deb Roy, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "It's far more than just a vocabulary and a grammar. That's just the surface stuff."
Roy is part of a team of scientists trying to develop robots that can communicate more effectively with people. In the process, they're learning a lot about what lies beneath the surface of human language."
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