If neither an AI nor a person does anything but fit the next word by matching with other prior texts, then where did those other texts come from? A language is

If neither an AI nor a person does anything but fit the next word by matching with other prior texts, then where did those other texts come from? A language is a vocabulary and a set of rules which can be described and codified, and is generally learned from others and other prior examples. But all that describes is a tool called a language. The tool itself is mechanistic. The wielder may or may not be. The tool and the wielder are two different things. A piece of paper with text on it is not a writer. A machine that writes text onto paper is still not a writer even though a human writer performs the same physical part of the process as the machine. Similarly, just like it's possible for an mp3 player to make the same sounds we use to express concepts and convey understanding, without itself having any concepts or understanding, it is also possible for an intellect to perform mechanistic acts that don't require an intellect. Sure, actually quite a lot of human activity can be described by simple rules that a machine can replicate. So what? You can move a brick from one place to another. And so can a cart. And so can gravity. Therefor you are no different from a field? It's utterly silly to be mystified by this. It's challenging the other ape in mirror for looking at you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaMylwohL14&t=23s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaMylwohL14&t=23s