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- Do large language models need sensory grounding for meaning and understanding? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BU5bV3X5w65DwSMapKcsr0ZvrMRU_Nbi/view 125 comments
- Understanding what it means to be an "Interpreted Language" https://unity.com/download 69 comments learnpython
- 'Technical language🤔', I hope my article will help you understand what the latest SmartBCH update means https://read.cash/@alberdioni8406/understanding-smartbch-what-the-latest-update-tells-us-aab5890f 3 comments btc
- Jacques Derrida believed that language and communication are inherently unstable and that meaning is constantly shifting. He argued that there is no fixed or objective truth and that our understanding of the world is always influenced by our indiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?ab_channel=FuzzyTheory&v=dy52iWJbfQg 4 comments philosophy
- The meaning crisis and language - how our inability to ‘believe’ myth and metaphor has left us unable to understand ourselves https://medium.com/@doyouthinkihaveforgotten/the-meaning-crisis-and-language-bf7200daf682 185 comments philosophy
- The meaning crisis and language II — We need to ‘believe’ myth and metaphor in order to understand ourselves https://medium.com/@doyouthinkihaveforgotten/the-meaning-crisis-and-language-ii-do-we-need-to-believe-myth-and-metaphor-in-order-to-6544c07f826d 75 comments philosophy
- Words do not refer to reality; their meaning arises from building complex concepts from simpler ones, making language a tool for shaping and extending our conceptual understanding rather than simply mirroring the world. https://iai.tv/articles/words-do-not-refer-to-reality-auid-2958?_auid=2020 124 comments philosophy
- True meanings of words of emotion get lost in translation, study finds. The way people understand terms such as “anger” or “love” differs between languages, and analysis finds there may be no universal concepts for some emotions. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/dec/19/true-meanings-of-words-of-emotion-get-lost-in-translation-study-finds 62 comments science
- Russian language lesson from a foreigner: « You just don't understand the meaning. Native speakers tell me that Yavlinsky words (inscription on the picture) are not an insult at all. You just referenced deceitful propananda … pick some native speakers instead of native liars.» http://cs8.pikabu.ru/post_img/2016/03/01/7/1456830498137481031.jpg 16 comments russia
- Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced By Cheaper Software --- As software gets better at understanding language, it puts more higher-level jobs at risk; case in point lawyers. E-discovery of legal documents means in the future "one lawyer would suffice for work that once required 500" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/science/05legal.html?_r=2&ref=science&pagewanted=all 108 comments business
