Linguists, psychologists, anthropologists, and others have been arguing for at least a century over the provocative question, “does language shape thought?” New research out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology adds fresh fuel to the fire. An MIT News article summarizes the study: “How ‘blue’ and ‘green’ appeared in a language that didn’t have words…
Think large language models know it all? Then I’d like to introduce Mike Dillinger, an acquaintance of mine in the tech space. Mike is a Knowledge Graph Architect. Until recently, he worked as Technical Lead for knowledge graph (KG) initiatives at LinkedIn; he’s a wiz in the world of taxonomies, ontologies, and KGs. And he’s…
No, I don’t mean short in stature (although all 5’3” of me would support that). In an effort to: share more interesting language-related material from around the web (especially articles/videos/etc. from deserving folks I know); accommodate readers’ lack of free time (and let’s be honest, shorter attention spans in general); and facilitate my ability to…
