…these systems are useful technology…” Vs. Therefore they are telling us nothing about language, cognition, acquisition, anything. As anything with Chomsky,

…these systems are useful technology…” Vs. Therefore they are telling us nothing about language, cognition, acquisition, anything. As anything with Chomsky, the hyperbole misses the point. A useful piece of technology still has uses. An airplane still flies even if it tells us nothing about how birds learn to fly or think about flight or even navigate the globe during an annual migration.