Hacker News with Generative AI: Language Processing

To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin (news.mit.edu)
A new study finds natural and invented languages elicit similar responses in the brain’s language-processing network.
Fixing left and mutual recursions in grammars (brightprogrammer.in)
Large language models don't behave like people, even though we expect them to (techxplore.com)
Ultra-detailed brain map shows neurons that encode words' meaning (nature.com)
The the the the induction of jamais vu: word alienation and semantic satiation (tandfonline.com)
New algorithm discovers language just by watching videos (csail.mit.edu)
To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language (2020) (news.mit.edu)
To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language (2020) (news.mit.edu)