Michael Tomasello, a developmental psychologist, argues that humans actively created language rather than simply learning it. He points to studies where children isolated from spoken language develop their own gestural systems and shared conventions. Tomasello suggests that current large language models do not exhibit this same capacity for creating linguistic conventions. AI
IMPACT Discusses the fundamental difference between human language creation and current LLM capabilities, suggesting LLMs lack the capacity for true linguistic convention development.
RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a developmental psychologist discussing the nature of language creation and comparing it to LLM capabilities.
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