PhD researcher's full circle: from NLP disillusionment back to appreciating language
benno_krojer · x · 2026-11-06
Researcher bennokrojer (Bau Lab) recounts his arc: computational linguistics undergrad, disillusionment with NLP's lack of 'real understanding', years in vision/perception during his PhD, and now renewed appreciation of language as the most direct modality for studying complex cognition—even if it isn't grounded like humans. Shared while preparing a talk on his recent research.
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