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I think we probably agree here, but I'd like to make an adjacent point: Animals have been known for a while to communicate, and even have languages of their own

by 9dev 5y ago

I think we probably agree here, but I'd like to make an adjacent point: Animals have been known for a while to communicate, and even have languages of their own. Mutes are no feral humans either. It's definitely more nuanced than that, and I follow that actual intelligence consists of more than just the ability to form coherent sentences.

visarga 5y ago
One essential ingredient I think - "skin". The agent got to have skin in the game, to have something to win or lose, something that matters. For humans it is life, survival, reproduction. The necessities of life made us what we are now.