Re:Do large language models understand us?
by slibhb on Saturday December 18, 2021 @02:10PM
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Your understanding is also mine. Great summary.
> No linguist that I'm aware of would claim that language is just an I/O system.
I think you're right. In Chomskyian linguistics there is a distinction between i-language and e-language (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformational_grammar#%22I-...). E-language isn't "just I/O" but it's perhaps not far from that whereas i-language is taken as the proper subject for linguists to study.
> No linguist that I'm aware of would claim that language is just an I/O system.
I think you're right. In Chomskyian linguistics there is a distinction between i-language and e-language (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformational_grammar#%22I-...). E-language isn't "just I/O" but it's perhaps not far from that whereas i-language is taken as the proper subject for linguists to study.