Comment by runarberg
8 days ago
I think you might be underestimating human-to-dog interactions. Interacting with dogs require a whole lot of empathy and thought.
But really this is beyond the point. I didn’t provide dog interactions as an analogy, rather, I provided it as a counter point. We speak differently to dogs then we speak with each other, and have done so for thousands of years. I see no reason why LLM’s would have any more profound effects on our language. We will continue to speak with each other in a normal manner just like before.
> We will continue to speak with each other in a normal manner just like before.
We may just be operating on different versions of "significant" change. Because I do agree with that statement.
I just think there will be language changes directly tied to adaption/adaption with models in our lives. In addition to the normal drift and adaptation. And that the rate of language change is likely to be faster, both due to interaction with models, and indirectly due to accelerated changes in general.