Edward Gibson

And if you just throw out the movement and just think about that in a different way, then you get some messiness But the messiness is human language, which it actually fits better. That messiness isn't a problem. It's actually a valuable asset of the theory. And so I think I don't really see a reason to postulate much innate structure.

And if you just throw out the movement and just think about that in a different way, then you get some messiness But the messiness is human language, which it actually fits better. That messiness isn't a problem. It's actually a valuable asset of the theory. And so I think I don't really see a reason to postulate much innate structure.

And if you just throw out the movement and just think about that in a different way, then you get some messiness But the messiness is human language, which it actually fits better. That messiness isn't a problem. It's actually a valuable asset of the theory. And so I think I don't really see a reason to postulate much innate structure.

And that's kind of why I think these large language models are learning so well, is because I think you can learn the form, the forms of human language from the input. I think it's likely to be true.

And that's kind of why I think these large language models are learning so well, is because I think you can learn the form, the forms of human language from the input. I think it's likely to be true.

And that's kind of why I think these large language models are learning so well, is because I think you can learn the form, the forms of human language from the input. I think it's likely to be true.

It doesn't have to be innate. So like lots of stuff is modular in the brain that's learned. It doesn't have to, you know, so there's something called the visual word form area in the back. And so it's in the back of your head near the, you know, the visual cortex. Okay. And that is very specialized language, sorry, very specialized brain area, which does a

It doesn't have to be innate. So like lots of stuff is modular in the brain that's learned. It doesn't have to, you know, so there's something called the visual word form area in the back. And so it's in the back of your head near the, you know, the visual cortex. Okay. And that is very specialized language, sorry, very specialized brain area, which does a

It doesn't have to be innate. So like lots of stuff is modular in the brain that's learned. It doesn't have to, you know, so there's something called the visual word form area in the back. And so it's in the back of your head near the, you know, the visual cortex. Okay. And that is very specialized language, sorry, very specialized brain area, which does a

visual word processing if you read, if you're a reader, okay? If you don't read, you don't have it, okay? Guess what? You spend some time learning to read and you develop that brain area, which does exactly that. And so the modularization is not evidence for innateness. So the modularization of a language area doesn't mean we're born with it. We could have easily learned that.

visual word processing if you read, if you're a reader, okay? If you don't read, you don't have it, okay? Guess what? You spend some time learning to read and you develop that brain area, which does exactly that. And so the modularization is not evidence for innateness. So the modularization of a language area doesn't mean we're born with it. We could have easily learned that.

visual word processing if you read, if you're a reader, okay? If you don't read, you don't have it, okay? Guess what? You spend some time learning to read and you develop that brain area, which does exactly that. And so the modularization is not evidence for innateness. So the modularization of a language area doesn't mean we're born with it. We could have easily learned that.

We might have been born with it. We just don't know at this point. We might very well have been born with this left-lateralized area. I mean, there's a lot of other interesting components here, features of this kind of argument. So some people get a stroke or something goes really wrong on the left side, where the language area would be, and that isn't there. It's not available.

We might have been born with it. We just don't know at this point. We might very well have been born with this left-lateralized area. I mean, there's a lot of other interesting components here, features of this kind of argument. So some people get a stroke or something goes really wrong on the left side, where the language area would be, and that isn't there. It's not available.

We might have been born with it. We just don't know at this point. We might very well have been born with this left-lateralized area. I mean, there's a lot of other interesting components here, features of this kind of argument. So some people get a stroke or something goes really wrong on the left side, where the language area would be, and that isn't there. It's not available.

And it develops just fine on the right. So it's not about the left. It goes to the left. This is a very interesting question. Why are any of the brain areas the way that they are and how did they come to be that way? There's these natural experiments which happen where people get these strange events in their brains at very young ages which wipe out sections of their brain.

And it develops just fine on the right. So it's not about the left. It goes to the left. This is a very interesting question. Why are any of the brain areas the way that they are and how did they come to be that way? There's these natural experiments which happen where people get these strange events in their brains at very young ages which wipe out sections of their brain.

And it develops just fine on the right. So it's not about the left. It goes to the left. This is a very interesting question. Why are any of the brain areas the way that they are and how did they come to be that way? There's these natural experiments which happen where people get these strange events in their brains at very young ages which wipe out sections of their brain.

And they behave totally normally and no one knows anything was wrong. And we find out later, because they happen to be accidentally scanned for some reason, it's like, what happened to your left hemisphere? It's missing. There's not many people who've missed their whole left hemisphere, but they'll be missing some other section of their left or their right.

And they behave totally normally and no one knows anything was wrong. And we find out later, because they happen to be accidentally scanned for some reason, it's like, what happened to your left hemisphere? It's missing. There's not many people who've missed their whole left hemisphere, but they'll be missing some other section of their left or their right.