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The episode explores the nature of language and its relationship with thought and artificial intelligence through a conversation with Dr. Elan Barenholtz.

Language doesn't wait for the world, it runs on its own wild current, often generating fictitious meaning from nothing but itself. Our conversation with Professor Elan Barenholtz returns to the ancient question of mind and word, revealing that what we thought was a bridge to reality is really a river with no banks. LLMs didn't invent this untethered intelligence, they held up a mirror to something that was always already there, humming beneath every thought, every name, every half-remembered dream. Tune in and let the structure speak for itself. Part 2: https://youtu.be/txvK99bhL5o PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci PARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0b HOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album! Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-here Streaming: https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here PARADIGM DRIFT https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show 00:00 Go! Physics, Language, and the LLM Mirror 00:06:47 Language as a Self-Generating System 00:13:30 Rethinking Meaning and Causality 00:22:06 How Language Enables…

People in this episode

Host: DemystifySci

Guest: Dr. Elan Barenholtz

Topics covered

• language
• meaning
• artificial intelligence
• linguistics
• thought
• communication

Keywords

• language theory
• LLMs
• meaning
• cognition
• Chomsky
• AI
• linguistics

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Organizations: DemystifySci

Products: Homebrew Music, Vinyl LP: Secretary of Nature

Books & works: Paradox Lost

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