Consciousness as a product of language learning (2022)

1 point by richardatlarge 13 hours ago [–]<p>In light of recent AI&#x2F;LLM advances, and the common belief that consciousness remains too much of a mystery, I thought this review to be particularly exhaustive and compelling<p>Quote: Converging evidence presented in this review suggests that, if we could precisely excise language and inner speech from the brain without further damage, we would be left without most if not all higher-order and some aspects of primary consciousness