Posted 2/1/2024, 7:10:54 PM
AI Model Learns Words Like 'Ball' and 'Crib' By Watching Baby Grow Up
- An AI model learned words like "crib" and "ball" by studying headcam footage of a baby named Sam from 6 months to 2 years old
- The model successfully matched words to images 62% of the time, comparable to an AI trained on much more data
- The study challenges theories that babies need innate knowledge of language to learn words
- The AI struggled with some concepts like "hand" that babies learn through real-world interaction
- Researchers say the model shows associations between images and words can enable language learning, but more work is needed to capture real-world complexity