Interesting thread. For what it’s worth, I think it’s important to distinguish between our not understanding the causes of utterances - mostly true - and their being uncaused, which is a wild (imo) claim Chomsky has sometime made.
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Vincent Carchidi
This is an excellent read, which I recommend to those interested in how to think about human-machine differences. There are also three previous pieces Riley links to.
I want to add to this: the piece bears directly on the problem of human choice and its relation to a science of mind. Deep dive🧵
I want to add to this: the piece bears directly on the problem of human choice and its relation to a science of mind. Deep dive🧵
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My sense is that Chomsky's use of the term "uncaused"...