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Professor Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

Language is a self-contained, autoregressive system that doesn't inherently connect to the external world, challenging our understanding of mind and perception.

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The Theory That Shatters Language Itself

@ Curt Jaimungal

The Theory That Shatters Language Itself

06/12/25

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Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

Language is a semi-autonomous, auto-generative system that doesn't fully grasp the meaning of what it communicates, unlike the sensory perceptual system.

Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

Language is an autoregressive model, and this autoregressive nature is fundamental to how we generate and understand language.

Professor Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

The realization that language operates as an autonomous system reveals that it can generate meaningful sequences without needing to reference external concepts or grounding.

Professor Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

The challenge remains to understand how autonomous linguistic systems can effectively bridge to perceptual systems, allowing for coherent communication and action in the world.

Professor Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

The relationship between language and perception is complex; while language can describe perceptual experiences, it does not inherently contain the qualitative aspects of those experiences.

Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

Language is an extraordinary invention that allows us to express complex ideas and influence others, but it doesn't capture the full depth of human experience.

Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

The autoregressive process in language generation means that the brain is not just producing outputs but also generating the next input for itself.

Professor Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

The ability of language to generate meaning is not driven by a need for grounding; instead, it relies on the relational properties of symbols within its own structure.

Professor Elan Barenholtz

06/12/25

@ Curt Jaimungal

The distinction between linguistic and perceptual systems suggests that while they can communicate, they operate in fundamentally different spaces, each with its own rules and properties.