This is akin to how humans learn too, so I'm not surprised that it is the case. Little kids learn how to listen to verbal commands even when, say, a flight is g

This is akin to how humans learn too, so I'm not surprised that it is the case. Little kids learn how to listen to verbal commands even when, say, a flight is going by overhead. Most of what we learn is in a bit of a mush of data, and I think this is a feature not a bug, since it allows the models to be more robust. It may be one of the precursors to intelligence: The ability to cognitively filter out unnecessary sensory stimulus in order to focus perception to the object or subject of a creature's attention.