Why AI Can't Teach Language: The Difference Between a Model and True Communication
True words do not exist without a body.
When I learned that they were planning to use AI to teach children language skills, I was more than skeptical. If you ask ChatGPT what it is, it will humbly reply, “I am a language model.” What does that mean? What’s the difference between Language and a language model?
A model is an image of a thing — a representation. A model of a car is not a car. It’…
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