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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.

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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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Professor Elan Barenholtz

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@ 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.

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Elan Barenholtz

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@ Curt Jaimungal

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@ Curt Jaimungal

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The grounded thesis of language posits that human language is reflected in the operations of large language models, suggesting that the mechanisms for generating language in humans and machines are fundamentally similar.

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