Are there any differences between the brain of a hyperpolyglot and a monoglot? Polyglots and hyperpolyglots are people who speak multiple languages; the former speak at least six, while the latter can speak at least 11. Brain scans show that hyperpolyglots’ language processing areas are more efficient, showing less activity than in a monoglot’s brain. It’s still unknown if hyperpolyglots are born with more efficient brains for processing language or if their brains were moulded that way after learning many languages while they were still developing. Read full article here
Societal Issues
AI Predicts Crime A Week In Advance With 90 Per Cent Accuracy
An artificial intelligence model built by Ishanu Chattopadhyay and his colleagues analysed crime data in Chicago from 2014 to 2016 and managed to predict future levels of crime down to the nearest 300 metres, a week before they actually happened. While extremely useful, this artificial intelligence has been shown to expose racial prejudice in law enforcement. Hopefully, as the study’s data and methodology have been made available for others to evaluate, these prejudices can be avoided in the next iteration. Read full article here
Merv
August 15, 2022
