Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

"According to current neuroscience, human thinking is largely independent of human language." I believe that this is true but I don't see it as an argument against AI (though it does show that large language models will not in the long run give us the AI we want). "Three scientists published a commentary in the journal Nature titled, with admirable clarity, "Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought."

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