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Prof. Nick Chater - The Language Game (Part 1)
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)
Spontaneous Creation of Sign Language
The insight reveals that in Nicaragua in the 70s and 80s, deaf children in orphanages developed complex sign languages spontaneously through interaction. This challenges the idea of language being innate, suggesting that people are adept at creating communication conventions through reusing and repurposing existing systems. The narrative highlights the power of human ability to generate new systems through collaborative interaction rather than having language pre-programmed within us.
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