> LLMs cannot function, by definition, without language. But we know there is an experience of being without language. Do we know that? What is a language? I

> LLMs cannot function, by definition, without language. But we know there is an experience of being without language. Do we know that? What is a language? I learned that a language is an abstract mapping between arbitrary symbols and meaning. Why is it so hard to imagine that consciousness cannot exist without a mapping between ideas (abstract symbols) and objective reality (meaning)?