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Re:Genie 3: A new frontier for world models by glenstein on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @12:44PM (#44800463)
I think we have some notion of a proto-grammar or ability to linguistically conceptualize, probably at the level of some primordial conceptual units that are more fundamental than language, thoughts and ideas in the concrete forms we generally understand them to have.

I think it's like Chomsky said, that we don't learn this infrastructure for understanding language any more than a bird "learns" their feathers. But I might be losing track of what you're suggesting is software in the metaphor. I think I'm broadly on board with your characterization of DNA, the mind and memes generally though.

Re:Genie 3: A new frontier for world models by airstrike on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @01:59PM (#44801758)
At the most fundamental level, is it even linguistic? Would Tarzan speak at all?
Re:Genie 3: A new frontier for world models by suddenlybananas on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @04:41PM (#44803982)
Children (who aren't alone) will invent languages to communicate between each other, see Nicaraguan Sign Language.