Language Itself Is Still Too Primitive
MoonL88537 · x · 2026-07-13
He believes that when discussing "what language models are interacting with," language itself is actually quite crude.
The article points out that using "subject" to describe the other end of the model is inaccurate; moving further to "experience" and "conscious" makes the description even more awkward. The core idea is that existing conceptual frameworks are insufficient to accurately characterize the nature of language models and their "other end."
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