AI researcher channels Wittgenstein: LLMs are grammar engines, not existential threats
docmilanfar · x · 2026-09-29
Milan Milanfar argues Wittgenstein would dismiss LLM doomerism and see them as the most complex grammatical engine ever built—perfectly modeling surface grammar, precise in structured domains like math and coding, yet mastering language games without ever partaking in the embodied human life that gives them meaning.
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