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So what are the functions of language? On top of my head: - Language as communication channel (receive and convey information about the world) - Language as affordance (saying something = action towards a goal) - Language as social lubricant (chitchat, etc)
- Language as operating system for the mind (a tool to formulate complex thoughts, to store thoughts, index & retrieve thoughts or memories) - Language as artistic medium (poetry, etc) - Language as DNA for society & civilization (tool to store and propagate knowledge, culture)
The common thread here is that language is always an interface: the study of language only makes sense in the context of the relationship between an agent and its environment (including other agents), an agent and itself, or many agents as a collective.
Modeling the statistical structure of language absent any context is a bit like modeling the latent space of all airplane cockpits. It will enable you to generate new realistic airplane cockpits via interpolation, but it misses the purpose & the broader context of this interface
Language is a form of compression. It distill large amounts of chaotic information from the environment to meaningful form. Any experience that can’t be distilled through language can’t be known or conveyed.
Representation/projection of reality that allows the brain to process different concepts decoupled from sensory inputs? Similar to the first point (mind OS), but not necessarily THE representation, but one of many representations.
Advancement of human civilization would not have been possible without languages.
Language is something we use to communicate/translate an internal feeling or mental picture to others. Language is so complicated and meaning is frequently lost as communications pass from one person to another. Ai could be a good tool for communication if we go back to basics
This could be an opportunity to develop a universal language that is clearly defined and constructed in such a way that it addresses all the flaws we currently experience in our methods of communication
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