Alexa, Think In French: ML Finds A Link Between Culture And Language

"Researchers used machine learning to create the first large-scale, data-driven study to illuminate how culture affects the meanings of words." Human language does great injustice in representing the mysterious capabilities of the brain. Nevertheless, it serves as an inexpensive yardstick to measure thoughts and intelligence. If this is remotely true and if we are serious about our pursuits of AGI then it is almost inevitable to end up with natural language processing. But, how well have we understood the language itself?