"It fundamentally deals with language." Language, Kurzweil argues, is the window to creating a genuine artificial brain, that can understand the meaning of idea

"It fundamentally deals with language." Language, Kurzweil argues, is the window to creating a genuine artificial brain, that can understand the meaning of ideas and concepts. This sounds like the same old intelligence-as-symbol-manipulation bullshit of the 70s. Language is not thought, as anyone who's spent time with animals or children or introspecting their own mind would know. A "genuine artificial brain" would mean something that can learn language itself if exposed, not something built around linguistic concepts.