This doesn't really investigate what language is or how people learn language. Unless I'm missing something, it's just recording feedback loops that children use to get the phonemes just right. It seems like the son already had the meaning of 'water' he was just sounding it out until he got the word just right. 'Gaga' can mean water just as much as 'water' means water.
Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
I do see how this is relevant to anything, hes trying to link media with peoples conversations, fantastic. we know people talk about that's on tele, that's nothing new.
@localfox1000 lol, i just read the description. this is actually a pretty good study, i take back my comment. i thought he was just creating some kind of family archive.
Incredibly dry talk and subject matter. Who _didn't_ know that a lot of people watched the state of union address and spoke about it as opposed to some random TV sitcom?
Erm is anyone else taking MASSIVE issue with the maths here? The guy says he's recorded 250,000 hours of video/audio of his child's development. Let's assume for argument's sake that the cameras and microphones were on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are 8760 hours in a year - which means he should have over 28 YEARS worth of recording!! What gives??
@hmspinaforethisisspa Yes, but you are right that he still took "poetic liberty" with the math just so he could say "almost a quarter of a million"!
90K hours of video PLUS 140K hours of audio is 230K hours of data (so sometime only audio was recorded). Assume there were only the 9 x cameras and mics that he showed, and that video always had audio, you only need to use the 140K to calculate. ((140K / 3 years) / 365 days) / 9 mics = 14 hours audio per day.
@exyex the difference between 230k and 250k isn't that much of a difference
and he didn't say almost a quarter million. he gave the number estimate for simplicity because a quarter million is easier to imagine than an abstract number.
I don't follow TED talks or scientific research very closely, but to me this just feels downright revolutionary. A truly remarkable (and incredibly personal) exercise in data analysis. Watching this was an inspiring way to start my day, and fittingly enough it was a social media comment that brought me here.
Pattie maes and several of her staff were killed in feb 2010 by military personnel tracking her for the electronic harassment of usa citizens when she was caught doing an unauthorized scalar hypnotic session on a usa citizen
its a shame that we live in a time when we see something with this kind of potential or a massive node in progress and we immediately fear misuse by govt. or any agency. Its time responsible scientists took over the office (i emphasize 'responsible')..
beautiful work in the hands of good, powerful and amazing. In the hands of evil though it will be the same. Wait for mass influence and "programming" done by the governments to instigate huge social movements such as protests and even revolutions in countries they intend to gain control of. Once they learn the cause and effect relationships with all this data, forget about it. It will be down to an exact, predictable science. Be aware!
ok, I know Im being pcky, but, if your going to due a seminar like this, at least invest in a proper soundman. The mic is litterally on edge of screaming feedback out throughout the whole video! Message me, Hire me. I can at least tell when the highs need to be cut a little...lol
This was mind blowing! Awesome work... from baby's first words to word-of-mouth, to social media. You covered it all from childhood to maturity... the path of communication!
@Tolstoievsky because this is a guy obsessed with learning how we communicate and learn language through his child and not a corrupt government infringing people's rights to privacy in an attempt to curb thought control and rebellion?
why does this have so few views? This was freaking awesome! What adds to its magnificence is the very personal and human element that so much research is lacking in today. Bravo sir, bravo!
I would love to record my whole life! Without those cameras though, haha. My parents did something I love. When I was a kid they would out of nowhere just randomly start recording something every few days. So unlike most families, we didn't just have video of us all lined up and stuff; we had video of me playing with my siblings or my dad talking about airplanes over the dinner table. Too bad most of the tapes are destroyed and cannot be played back.
Amazing research, but I hope the practice of blanketing a home with cameras doesn't become widespread. It really would be an invasion of privacy, in my opinion. Small children do not have the ability to understand this, and frequently have no power to change such things if they do disapprove. Any legal recourse by Child And Family Services to prevent such an occurrence, obversely, might easily lend itself to abusive interpretation.
so a quick calculation, he recorded his house 5 years which costs 200 terabytes of storage meaning 100 years would be 4 petabytes of storage... we need bigger hard-drives! XD
@streetstaruk Scary how someone with not so innocent intentions (like a government ), might use his algorithm to collect and use more effectively data from us ,to maybe be able to better control the general public,or maybe for social engineering .
@KladionicaCity exactly why im scared. when does any new breaking technology like this, that has such an insight into how we act, speak, live and generally BE, not end up in the wrong hands for a perverse use?
@Bc2astThese little sociology experiments like this are just to help us understand more about ourselves.
It's interesting, for us anyway.
it doesn't effect you personally in any way. Well other than the fact that people around you who are learning things from this are going to be getting smarter. No biggy.
"it doesn't effect you personally in any way. Well other than the fact that people around you who are learning things from this are going to be getting smarter. No biggy."
This actually proves my theory, that if we stop following the mainstream media we stop to amplify and to perpetuate the outdated way of thinking, which is the actual thing that damages the humanity and the planet.
If we want to evolve we have to accept new ideas and new values. And fallowing tv only perpetuates the old values of egoism, utilitarianism, competition, crave for revange and justice, consumerism, etc, etc. that are desasterous.
To Deb Roy, how much did it cost you to install the video cameras and record 90k hours of home video? How much do you think it would cost today? I seriously would like do this in my home.
omg it reminds me of when i was a young kid i was imagining that i am leaving a string behind me and when i go back like on my way to school i need to go on the same string and collect it :D but i dont understand the point of the reasearch...
this is amazing. if anything it shows the true strength tv/media have over our lives. unplug and lets have those conversations without the tv playing middle man and take our minds back.
All the new technologies really allow us to collect tons and tons of data. We really need to catch up with ideas like these to find new ways to use them and make sense of them.
I can understand people who fear this... data understanding is a powerful tool. And it's only realistic to say that some people will try to use it the wrong way.
Fascinating stuff. According to my mother, I was speaking in complete sentences by the time I was 9 months old. I was skeptical until I heard a friend's baby speak almost an entire sentence ("I good girl") at 2 1/2 months. I noticed that this baby did what I do - look at people's mouths, rather than their eyes, when they speak - and wonder if there's a connection.
Great. thats the beauty of scientific method, to discern whats going on. I wonder how much more people would know exactly about natural phenomena that we normally take for granted.we are very lucky to live in times of robust research.
@dannywizz By having a robust model of language development, we can derive better methods of foreign language instruction, as well as overcome language barriers for deaf and autistic children. This is ultimately what needed to be done, because, as seen here, a word is developed not just by a history of conversation (so you can't only follow your kid around with a tape recorder) but by space and context. This makes it clear why bilinguality is dependent on the child using one language per person.
thats some quality work !! but what will the Govt regulators do ? they will tout this system to be put up in every home, for "our own safety" (of course), at our cost, to monitor us at all times. maybe i m just paranoid !
@Bocbo How ignorant and the fact that you 2 thumbs up is sad. This research will help us better understand human minds and the reason for what we do, say and think.
@MasterCoolX3 The true ignorance is to believe that understanding "human minds and the reason for what we do, say and think." can and will not be used by tyrants and the enslavers of thier own kind.
Fantastic talk, definitely one of my favorites to date. Data gathering/sorting/displaying is one of the most important things for technology right now. Keep up the good work, MIT ^.^
is it any coincidence that the baby-learning-language-graph appeared more like mountains whereas the tv-content graph appeared more like discrete skyscrapers?
@xjustamem0ryx Not really a coincidence, just the nature of the data. The first graph was based on where the baby was, and in general areas it gradually curved upward or downward. In the second graph, their position doesn't mean anything. I'm sure they could put it in a way so that it looks similar to the sloping of the first graph. For that they'd probably have to make each "stack" the same area (i.e., not based on how long the tv show or whatever is).
This doesn't really investigate what language is or how people learn language. Unless I'm missing something, it's just recording feedback loops that children use to get the phonemes just right. It seems like the son already had the meaning of 'water' he was just sounding it out until he got the word just right. 'Gaga' can mean water just as much as 'water' means water.
wilgus28 2 days ago
outstanding
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Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
lightandbeautiful 1 month ago
One of the coolest things I've seen on TED. Amazing!
Bfavrestarr415 2 months ago
that is insane :D
TheArtyninja 3 months ago
Incredible!
br33ck 3 months ago
4:55 for awesomeness.
Grayhome 4 months ago
Message; stop watching the TV till they start putting out some positive and empowering subject material.
satsumamoon 6 months ago 2
I find this to be the most impressive research being made at this time.
soundlinker 7 months ago
JERSEY SHORE. Mainstream people.
Cardister 9 months ago
@Cardister you hipster :p
sqbsbear 9 months ago
@sqbsbear lol
Cardister 9 months ago
4: 20, 17:20, 18:08. Wow!
Quisyfrottesypique 9 months ago
I do see how this is relevant to anything, hes trying to link media with peoples conversations, fantastic. we know people talk about that's on tele, that's nothing new.
JoeBrenan 9 months ago
wow
dirkmousedabouse246 10 months ago
wow, he videotapes himself. amazing.
scuzzulus 10 months ago
@scuzzulus lol. at you
localfox1000 9 months ago
@localfox1000 lol, i just read the description. this is actually a pretty good study, i take back my comment. i thought he was just creating some kind of family archive.
scuzzulus 9 months ago
Incredibly dry talk and subject matter. Who _didn't_ know that a lot of people watched the state of union address and spoke about it as opposed to some random TV sitcom?
Saesegral 10 months ago
Interesting
kimberlyssy 10 months ago
absolutely profound and will change the world forever.
Sabu632 10 months ago
Real life Sims game.. :D
TimmacTR 10 months ago
i thought the guy was the midget from willie wonka
zackhanscom 10 months ago
Erm is anyone else taking MASSIVE issue with the maths here? The guy says he's recorded 250,000 hours of video/audio of his child's development. Let's assume for argument's sake that the cameras and microphones were on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are 8760 hours in a year - which means he should have over 28 YEARS worth of recording!! What gives??
hmspinaforethisisspa 11 months ago
@hmspinaforethisisspa Maybe he had more than one camera?
dskloet 11 months ago 2
@dskloet ohhhhhhh..... my bad :/
hmspinaforethisisspa 11 months ago
@hmspinaforethisisspa Yes, but you are right that he still took "poetic liberty" with the math just so he could say "almost a quarter of a million"!
90K hours of video PLUS 140K hours of audio is 230K hours of data (so sometime only audio was recorded). Assume there were only the 9 x cameras and mics that he showed, and that video always had audio, you only need to use the 140K to calculate. ((140K / 3 years) / 365 days) / 9 mics = 14 hours audio per day.
exyex 11 months ago
@exyex the difference between 230k and 250k isn't that much of a difference
and he didn't say almost a quarter million. he gave the number estimate for simplicity because a quarter million is easier to imagine than an abstract number.
zackhanscom 10 months ago
@hmspinaforethisisspa
he said he recorded 8 hr/day if u listen carefully once agaun u can hear it
manojch87 10 months ago
I don't follow TED talks or scientific research very closely, but to me this just feels downright revolutionary. A truly remarkable (and incredibly personal) exercise in data analysis. Watching this was an inspiring way to start my day, and fittingly enough it was a social media comment that brought me here.
jussslic 11 months ago
I got a feelin somebody's watching me...
AntonSlizzardhands 11 months ago
without a doubt among the most incredible things i have ever seen.
weehood 11 months ago
Pattie maes and several of her staff were killed in feb 2010 by military personnel tracking her for the electronic harassment of usa citizens when she was caught doing an unauthorized scalar hypnotic session on a usa citizen
cynthiadupuy 11 months ago
its a shame that we live in a time when we see something with this kind of potential or a massive node in progress and we immediately fear misuse by govt. or any agency. Its time responsible scientists took over the office (i emphasize 'responsible')..
snowblind1985 11 months ago
beautiful work in the hands of good, powerful and amazing. In the hands of evil though it will be the same. Wait for mass influence and "programming" done by the governments to instigate huge social movements such as protests and even revolutions in countries they intend to gain control of. Once they learn the cause and effect relationships with all this data, forget about it. It will be down to an exact, predictable science. Be aware!
ahoblit 11 months ago
And then the government bought his technology to fight domestic terrorism...
puttefnask 11 months ago
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OH. my god. this is beautiful.
See the difference here? I wouldn't let the government touch this data, but scientists, that's perfectly cool.
greengrendel 11 months ago
OH. my god. this is beautiful.
See the difference here? I wouldn't let the government touch this data, but scientists, that's prefectly cool.
greengrendel 11 months ago 26
@greengrendel Scientists are usually government sponsored - and clearly part of the education system - thus part of the government.
tokotokotoko3 8 months ago
@tokotokotoko3
but there's a difference between those who actually govern and those who's paycheck also happen to derive from taxpayer money
mellamosean 7 months ago
@greengrendel Scientists and Ron Paul.
myphonesshine 3 weeks ago
OH. my god. this is beautiful. I'd look at this stuff forever.
greengrendel 11 months ago
Paranormal Activity 3
checksomethinelse 11 months ago
Someone should call a doctor... I believe he's having a seizure...
myassishappy 11 months ago 79
@myassishappy someone should call a teacher..I believe you are an ignorant.
bahraouik 1 month ago
tl;dw
markro4kd 11 months ago
ok, I know Im being pcky, but, if your going to due a seminar like this, at least invest in a proper soundman. The mic is litterally on edge of screaming feedback out throughout the whole video! Message me, Hire me. I can at least tell when the highs need to be cut a little...lol
frost420ptbo 11 months ago
This was mind blowing! Awesome work... from baby's first words to word-of-mouth, to social media. You covered it all from childhood to maturity... the path of communication!
msftman 11 months ago
how is this not a glorified Big Brother experiment?
Tolstoievsky 11 months ago
@Tolstoievsky because this is a guy obsessed with learning how we communicate and learn language through his child and not a corrupt government infringing people's rights to privacy in an attempt to curb thought control and rebellion?
MNSDaz 11 months ago
@MNSDaz means are the same tho.
Tolstoievsky 11 months ago
love how this is shared in the same way as described in the actual clip
acq128 11 months ago
How can ANYONE dislike this?? Where did the 14 dislikes come from?? 14 people who have a phobia of water!
sufian2k6 11 months ago
So MIT. How much DOD or Homeland Security funds went into this research?
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What an invasion to privacy imposed on himself and his family
jade9154 11 months ago
Thinking about speech developing on such way is just amazing; very innovative.
Knowledgeseekful 11 months ago
lost me when I saw he watched Jersey Shore
pantsonparade 11 months ago
The feminists keep bringing TED down and the Desis keep pushing it back up again
randikajamai 11 months ago
so steady..
bluhtheng 11 months ago
ted back with a vengeance
BroBroDude 11 months ago
why does this have so few views? This was freaking awesome! What adds to its magnificence is the very personal and human element that so much research is lacking in today. Bravo sir, bravo!
KDN888 11 months ago 3
data visualization and analytics overwhelms me ....
Valca000 11 months ago
a new renaissance is in the air :) i can taste it in the air.
KronosDeret 11 months ago
hahhaha i love the ending! magical indeed
kuruptid 11 months ago
if this technology reaches the hands of governments it could be used in ways to impede change.
Ghazzawi9 11 months ago
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@Ghazzawi9
"if this technology reaches the hands of governments it could be used in ways to impede change."
a matter of "when" and not "if" I'm afraid :(
xjustamem0ryx 11 months ago
Damn. This is as legit as it comes.
ohgoodjoy 11 months ago
I would love to record my whole life! Without those cameras though, haha. My parents did something I love. When I was a kid they would out of nowhere just randomly start recording something every few days. So unlike most families, we didn't just have video of us all lined up and stuff; we had video of me playing with my siblings or my dad talking about airplanes over the dinner table. Too bad most of the tapes are destroyed and cannot be played back.
dragonofthedarknight 11 months ago
Wonderful!
PhilipPorter 11 months ago
Amazing research, but I hope the practice of blanketing a home with cameras doesn't become widespread. It really would be an invasion of privacy, in my opinion. Small children do not have the ability to understand this, and frequently have no power to change such things if they do disapprove. Any legal recourse by Child And Family Services to prevent such an occurrence, obversely, might easily lend itself to abusive interpretation.
Kojak7snap 11 months ago
Amazing!
gatesindustries 11 months ago
fantastic
cbbjork 11 months ago
Not very interesting at all.
dutchbb1979 11 months ago
BEST TED TALK EVER!!!!!
eagleeye1975 11 months ago
This would be worth it just for the 3D fly-through of the house, but the language part is pretty awesome!
TED FTW! :)
BionicDance 11 months ago
so a quick calculation, he recorded his house 5 years which costs 200 terabytes of storage meaning 100 years would be 4 petabytes of storage... we need bigger hard-drives! XD
BeatAngel 11 months ago
Hey, any idea how many Terabytes of raw data in these boxes?
kanifoli 11 months ago
@kanifoli
around 2:00-2:05 it says 200 terabytes
xjustamem0ryx 11 months ago
Wow! He's doing it!
deburkins 11 months ago
The 12 people who disliked this are the ones who ruined TED for a while.
TheLiberalSoup 11 months ago
Wow, that was amazing.
poopdude 11 months ago
The way the footage was put into a 3D projection is amazing!
MarkArandjus 11 months ago
A very very elaborated way of doing experiment: :)
vinniechan 11 months ago
WOW! AMAZING, yet scary?
streetstaruk 11 months ago 2
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KladionicaCity 11 months ago
@streetstaruk Scary how someone with not so innocent intentions (like a government ), might use his algorithm to collect and use more effectively data from us ,to maybe be able to better control the general public,or maybe for social engineering .
KladionicaCity 11 months ago 4
@KladionicaCity
how do you think is paying for mit ? 70% pentagon funding
Kibutztv 11 months ago
@KladionicaCity exactly why im scared. when does any new breaking technology like this, that has such an insight into how we act, speak, live and generally BE, not end up in the wrong hands for a perverse use?
streetstaruk 11 months ago
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Bc2ast 11 months ago
@Bc2astThese little sociology experiments like this are just to help us understand more about ourselves.
It's interesting, for us anyway.
it doesn't effect you personally in any way. Well other than the fact that people around you who are learning things from this are going to be getting smarter. No biggy.
roidroid 11 months ago
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@roidroid
"it doesn't effect you personally in any way. Well other than the fact that people around you who are learning things from this are going to be getting smarter. No biggy."
tyrants will be getting "smarter" too =\
xjustamem0ryx 11 months ago
It's really great to see that TED is finally getting back on track with its standards.
Please TED, don't break it.
TheIslammiracle 11 months ago 2
i bet if you graphed his son on that TV & social-media graph space, he was actually just watching a lot of Lady Gaga.
And wasn't talking about water at all.
heh.
oh well at least he's well hydrated
roidroid 11 months ago 3
@roidroid hahahahaha.
mindelevationgod 11 months ago
wow. brilliant.
xoxCarlyx7 11 months ago
this man is brilliant.
rhymes116 11 months ago
Isn't it the longest and most complex experimental research/study in psych field? Pure study!! :)
tintinjoy03 11 months ago
this is called original research. what a commitment!
tm1729 11 months ago
What about privacy?
stephenetienne 11 months ago
@stephenetienne
biG brudder sez: priv-a-WUT!?
:(
xjustamem0ryx 11 months ago
spastic
dswellhauser 11 months ago
Social media just hit Mach speed!
earthfx 11 months ago
good
Ramsez 11 months ago
Wow! Mind-blowing! Love TED! Keep on!
ngarcia257 11 months ago
I want this software on Youtube, so I can read 20000 comments at the same time.
coltharpphilip 11 months ago 2
@coltharpphilip why?
Ramsez 11 months ago
just finished reading the 20,000 comments. Good question
coltharpphilip 4 months ago
Get that boy some water!
HDvideosaregood 11 months ago
Do they have cameras in the bedroom...for y'know...
kentrel2 11 months ago
Best clip ever ... thanks for sharing!
ColHic 11 months ago
I love data but its never been so beautiful until now!
akeemtaiwo 11 months ago
holy moly!
cinderdork 11 months ago
Fascinating, but also a little unsettling. Seems all to useful for engineering or controlling social dynamics within a society or market.
Kotesu 11 months ago
they allow men on TED now?
GRNoam 11 months ago 3
Amazing.
This actually proves my theory, that if we stop following the mainstream media we stop to amplify and to perpetuate the outdated way of thinking, which is the actual thing that damages the humanity and the planet.
If we want to evolve we have to accept new ideas and new values. And fallowing tv only perpetuates the old values of egoism, utilitarianism, competition, crave for revange and justice, consumerism, etc, etc. that are desasterous.
sssliderrr 11 months ago 2
To Deb Roy, how much did it cost you to install the video cameras and record 90k hours of home video? How much do you think it would cost today? I seriously would like do this in my home.
VigilantnotMilitant 11 months ago
Speachless.
kasbahlover 11 months ago 4
Wow this TED was already way over my expectations before it was half way through.
silencedfable 11 months ago 55
TED is amazing!!! It wasn't the firt time I cried watching a TEDtalk.
brunodemoura 11 months ago
omg it reminds me of when i was a young kid i was imagining that i am leaving a string behind me and when i go back like on my way to school i need to go on the same string and collect it :D but i dont understand the point of the reasearch...
sashakid 11 months ago
this is amazing. if anything it shows the true strength tv/media have over our lives. unplug and lets have those conversations without the tv playing middle man and take our minds back.
nofutureface 11 months ago
All that data is really sexy! lol!
All the new technologies really allow us to collect tons and tons of data. We really need to catch up with ideas like these to find new ways to use them and make sense of them.
I can understand people who fear this... data understanding is a powerful tool. And it's only realistic to say that some people will try to use it the wrong way.
Kebabsoup 11 months ago
those camera's are incredible, so much data and so many things you could find out about yourself from them.
the fly-through 3d visualisation is pretty damn cool too
Neylonx 11 months ago
Beautiful
t3tsuyaguy1 11 months ago
That is a horrible idea.
NekroStevo 11 months ago
great speech. and great visualized.
finally true sience back on TED
really a idea worth spreading.
KingWak 11 months ago
that is science
mgyftopoulos 11 months ago
"Wow" Now that is devotion to science and research! Amazing piece of work! I cannot wait for a published paper. This is phenomenal!
Melamori 11 months ago
Fascinating stuff. According to my mother, I was speaking in complete sentences by the time I was 9 months old. I was skeptical until I heard a friend's baby speak almost an entire sentence ("I good girl") at 2 1/2 months. I noticed that this baby did what I do - look at people's mouths, rather than their eyes, when they speak - and wonder if there's a connection.
YY4Me133 11 months ago
Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!
yousefamar 11 months ago
Finally a TED talk with technology and engineering in it again.
TomFynn 11 months ago 2
BIG BROTHER IS BORN!
thecritiquestudio 11 months ago 16
@thecritiquestudio Big Brother was born in 1984 [1949] :)
babybunnyberry 11 months ago
can you say....ttthhought police
livfreerdie 11 months ago
dude walking is so cool lol
hypock1 11 months ago
Finally an idea worth spreading.
TheFartoholic 11 months ago
to bad dictators use science like this against us ey
42kang 11 months ago
"Hi NASA I'm Deb Roy, a MIT researcher, can I borrow your computers for a moment, I want to do something actually useful with it"
BaileysBeads 11 months ago
Great. thats the beauty of scientific method, to discern whats going on. I wonder how much more people would know exactly about natural phenomena that we normally take for granted.we are very lucky to live in times of robust research.
MrMaverickOne 11 months ago
TED TALK OF THE YEAR BY FAR...
XxDollarBill 11 months ago
i think this is beautiful. it gives us wonderful insight into how speech works. how important words are.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
know we know how tht is possible. since words push people to action.
bratmouse 11 months ago 2
@OldSchoolSkill That sounds more like torture than research.
pakratmak 11 months ago
I can't even find the words...
GoSICKeM 11 months ago
Don't see the point of this
charmander4533 11 months ago
That was amazing.
Degotelo 11 months ago
Wow
Kipodkid 11 months ago
Awesome science......useless practicality! Dont get too excited folks!
dannywizz 11 months ago 2
@dannywizz By having a robust model of language development, we can derive better methods of foreign language instruction, as well as overcome language barriers for deaf and autistic children. This is ultimately what needed to be done, because, as seen here, a word is developed not just by a history of conversation (so you can't only follow your kid around with a tape recorder) but by space and context. This makes it clear why bilinguality is dependent on the child using one language per person.
LokiClock 11 months ago
Holy crap, that's some complicated research!
oshinsr 11 months ago
one of the rare videos where i wanted to like it more than once as the video progressed...
cloudagain 11 months ago
thats some quality work !! but what will the Govt regulators do ? they will tout this system to be put up in every home, for "our own safety" (of course), at our cost, to monitor us at all times. maybe i m just paranoid !
yourtube20061 11 months ago 2
Whats wrong with the video. He looks like is twitching at 7:03
MasterCoolX3 11 months ago
i wonder if they recorded the sex...
MrOnairos 11 months ago 4
I knew someone could make total invasion of privacy awesome and something people will want.
westi29 11 months ago
I didn't really get the point he was trying to express with this talk, anyone care to explain it in a few words for me please?
elchafa 11 months ago
15.08 a piece of poosie
McPrfctday 11 months ago
he said vertical twice
DuttonWebb 11 months ago
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Awh that ending couldn't be more adorable..
xinlo 11 months ago
THIS IS TED!
ehsanmoo 11 months ago
THIS is what TEDs all about :D
MrZeus7 11 months ago 46
Crap
PsySwitch1983 11 months ago
The magic starts at 4:55
TheScienceFoundation 11 months ago
@TheScienceFoundation Nope. According to him the magic happens then (12:28).
raydredX 11 months ago
Anyone remember that movie 'Deja-vu'? 8:00
This guy's data is freaking beautiful...
I love graphs now.
cmd2tuts 11 months ago
Anyone remember that movie 'Deja-vu'? 8:00
cmd2tuts 11 months ago
This research will at some point be used to manipulate and control humanity, most likely to get us to enslave or kill each other.
Bocbo 11 months ago
@Bocbo How ignorant and the fact that you 2 thumbs up is sad. This research will help us better understand human minds and the reason for what we do, say and think.
MasterCoolX3 11 months ago
@MasterCoolX3 The true ignorance is to believe that understanding "human minds and the reason for what we do, say and think." can and will not be used by tyrants and the enslavers of thier own kind.
Bocbo 11 months ago
@Bocbo Maybe somewhat true but I doubt humankind will be enslaved.
MasterCoolX3 11 months ago
could this be called meme research?
sensur1 11 months ago
Fantastic talk, definitely one of my favorites to date. Data gathering/sorting/displaying is one of the most important things for technology right now. Keep up the good work, MIT ^.^
Truthiness231 11 months ago
is it any coincidence that the baby-learning-language-graph appeared more like mountains whereas the tv-content graph appeared more like discrete skyscrapers?
xjustamem0ryx 11 months ago
@xjustamem0ryx Not really a coincidence, just the nature of the data. The first graph was based on where the baby was, and in general areas it gradually curved upward or downward. In the second graph, their position doesn't mean anything. I'm sure they could put it in a way so that it looks similar to the sloping of the first graph. For that they'd probably have to make each "stack" the same area (i.e., not based on how long the tv show or whatever is).
MrZeus7 11 months ago