Chomsky's theory of universal grammar and hardwired language modules has been disproven by the success of data-driven neural networks like LLMs, which can achieve good language understanding without explicit linguistic structures.
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Yann LeCunEvidence Quote
“you can do extremely good language understanding and manipulation without appealing to any concept of traditional linguistics or Chomsky's arguments... that battle is over and the Chomskians have lost.”
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:03:11 PM
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