Posted 2/1/2024, 7:00:00 PM
Toddler Wears Headcam for AI to Learn Child Language
- Researchers recorded a toddler wearing a headcam for 1.5 years to capture their language development
- Goal was to teach an AI model child language acquisition by using real toddler experiences
- AI models like ChatGPT are trained on massive datasets but can't understand toddler babbling
- Toddler wore headcam to record their daily sights and sounds to create a toddler-centric dataset
- NYU researchers want the AI model to learn words and ideas a toddler encounters everyday
interestingengineering.com