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Language is a construct. > allow[s] higher-level and longer-term planning and better generalization than purely vision-action model People do that part. Langu
by irishcoffee 9mo ago
Language is a construct.
> allow[s] higher-level and longer-term planning and better generalization than purely vision-action model
People do that part. Languages don't plan, they don't think. They don't _do_ anything at all.
- red75prime 9mo agoSure. Language just seems to structure a general learning system in a way that allows it to do all those things.
- irishcoffee 9mo ago> Sure. Language just seems to structure a general learning system in a way that allows it to do all those things. That's like saying python structures a general system. Python does nothing at all. People use python to create constructs. We've covered this. :)
- red75prime 9mo agoPython is not a natural language. A natural language communicates things that are not here and now (essentially everything that occurs naturally). Moreover, language can convey abstractions that exist because of language itself.