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Using machine learning to study natural language processing

Generative artificial intelligence is emerging as a tool to look at how people learn language. by Tony Perkins

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Generative artificial intelligence is emerging as a tool to look at how people learn language. University of Arizona professor Gondy Leroy discusses research into how advanced machine learning can help families diagnose autism through the way their children acquire speaking skills.

Gondy Leroy spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph. D. Regent’s professor in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.

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