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A language model is not using language at all, because language requires an intention to communicate.

Drawn from what Ted Chiang said

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  1. Ted Chiang

    American science-fiction writer

    But a large language model is not a writer; it’s not even a user of language. Language is, by definition, a system of communication, and it requires an intention to communicate.

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