If AirPods can instantly translate, why learn a language?

Devices can help a tourist order dinner or ask for directions. But when the stakes are higher, new tech isn't enough.
archive

Analyzing meaning - An introduction to semantics and pragmatics.

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IEEE

Backdoor Attacks on Large Language Model Based Semantic Communication Systems

Abstract: We propose an efficient backdoor attack on a task-oriented semantic communication system, designed by employing Large Language Models (LLMs) (e.g., BERT and RoBERTa) and self-attention ...
GitHub

isaacphi/mcp-language-server

This is an MCP server that runs and exposes a language server to LLMs. Not a language server for MCP, whatever that would be. Configure your MCP client: This will be different but similar for each ...
Frontiers

The contribution of executive functions and emotion comprehension skills to the development of pragmatic competence in 5–8-year-old children

A child’s pragmatic competence reflects both their social and communicative abilities, as well as their understanding of indirect meaning in words, utterances or discourse. This has led to a growing ...
IEEE

Semantic Importance-Aware Communications With Semantic Correction Using Large Language Models

Abstract: Semantic communications, a promising approach for agent-human and agent-agent interactions, typically operate at a feature level, lacking true semantic understanding. This paper explores ...
PNAS

Language models reveal a complex sequence basis for adaptive convergent evolution of protein functions

We thank Dr. Jianzhi Zhang, Dr. Xionglei He, Dr. Weiwei Zhai, Shanshan Chen, Han Liu, Tianhan Wang, and three anonymous reviewers for valuable comments. This work was supported by the Strategic ...