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17 Apr 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs
“No, I think the primary objective is about the listener because otherwise, if you’re optimizing for the ease of production, then you’re not going to have any of the interesting complexity of language.”
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…Helps me be understood then. I don’t think it’s circular. No, I think the primary objective is about the listener because otherwise, if you’re optimizing for the ease of production, then you’re not going to have any of the interesting complexity of language. You’re trying to explain- Well, let’s control for what it is I want to say. I’m saying let’s control for the thing, the message. Control for the message I want to tell you-…
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