Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs | Lex Fridman Podcast #426

Edward Gibson is a psycholinguistics professor at MIT and heads the MIT Language Lab. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: Yahoo Finance: https://yahoofinance.com Listening: https://listening.com/lex and use code LEX to get one month free Policygenius: https://policygenius.com/lex Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get $1 per month trial Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings TRANSCRIPT: https://lexfridman.com/edward-gibson-... EPISODE LINKS: Edward's X: https://x.com/LanguageMIT TedLab: https://tedlab.mit.edu/ Edward's Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?... TedLab's YouTube: / @tedlab-mit PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips playlist: • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:13 - Human language 5:19 - Generalizations in language 11:06 - Dependency grammar 21:05 - Morphology 29:40 - Evolution of languages 33:00 - Noam Chomsky 1:17:06 - Thinking and language 1:30:36 - LLMs 1:43:35 - Center embedding 2:10:02 - Learning a new language 2:13:54 - Nature vs nurture 2:20:30 - Culture and language 2:34:58 - Universal language 2:39:21 - Language translation 2:42:36 - Animal communication SOCIAL: Twitter: / lexfridman LinkedIn: / lexfridman Facebook: / lexfridman Instagram: / lexfridman Medium: / lexfridman Reddit: / lexfridman Support on Patreon: / lexfridman