On Friday, August 21, 2020, at 2:46 PM, ella wismer wrote: > but wouldn't language (here defined simply as a set of symbols to indicate > meaning when perceived by some sense) be detectable on some level even if you > didnt know the words?
Strongly agree. Yes, I think similar where "language" or components of language are everywhere. If you stare at some clouds your mind is projecting a language into it, and the clouds are presenting one. I forget the linguistic terminology, but if you look at the clouds you build up a systemic mathematical model that maps to a language'ish structure... with everything! Bird noises play music, fall leaves play colors, water swirls swish language patterns that get symbolized into mathematical structure. There are people that can naturally begin to speak foreign languages easily just by communicating with those speakers. Our brains are that powerful... ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Td2287eb2b142cb0b-M28bf56c9f42d84dc1ca9386a Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
