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Intelligent species without language
Najeki jek iḑa jir razat gat magh laḑi nirazokazojeki ku fuḑ aeonid zagag jem kanazoj rizirimet. Nu, raeḑ am natzokeriz jem käj nu jäz zagagaki raz ahad jonametzigamazat ku mek i, i met jin zonaganiki id jonametziganiki gizorazat jegat fuḑ. Natjenikat jizam sitan natzokeriz jem käj zonaganajem kakäjeki sitan nu jemjeki zorat rajezat jer ikam, ked aziz, id raz ahad natnanizamejzat ratme i.
Ed ju jer gam sitan natzokeriz niţve jezag yeis mek sud yiar kaz kakäjeki laḑ nu jäz zagagaki aziz sitigat nu jemjeki anazat ziz jer izak namet ahad situgigati nu:
“If a language is a finite computational system yielding an infinity of expressions, each of which has a definite interpretation in semantic-pragmatic and sensorimotor systems (informally, thought and sound), could there exist a real non-biological intelligence that uses no language at all?”
Najeki jer gajizon nagazizam yeis natjenikat id raeḑ ed jer itmejki sitan ju ne mezinarazat ati ahad gizajem id rizigamaz natzon yeis aeonid zagag jem kanazoj. Iz kaki nizon; natzokeriz jem käj jin laḑ yade nu jäz zagagaki aziz sitigat yiari nu şo nu jemjeki anazati jezat aziz jer izak ahad nitz raeḑ kent jeg laḑ yiar zagag. Çiam iḑa najeki jinatz? Ked ud jonikam natjenikat, yiar zigamaz niviz iḑa sitan ju ne ati nit negin laḑ zonaganajem zajerinan atgakam raeḑ raeḑ am gizaki, jonametzigamazati azanam raeḑ raeḑ am ranaki, id sitan namazat raeḑ am natzokeriz ren gij jezatkat kejivunag yiar nam jer namajezaki laḑ jez zagag, i met ren ju najezazam sem yiar zoj laḑ yiar jemjekī nu.
Ed giki kariz yeil sitan. Ed nazajeki sitan nam zonaganajem zajerinan iḑa atzoranaz, sitan yiar razaki id jer namajezaki nametnam raeḑ iz iḑa rin laḑ yiar jez ket id iḑa sitaki nijäjem ifeşi savo raki laḑ raeḑ am nitmaki, i garikeziki laḑ merg amezoji zonaganajem kakerazomaki. Sitan zonaganajem zu jer nan iḑa yiar jin nam razaki laḑ garajez, laḑ jez zagag, id nur ren savo gij sem iz. Iz iḑai jezat sem yiari nu şo raeḑ am jemjeki, i ju, laḑ nārin, nitk kakerazon zagagaki, sitan natzokeriz jem käj kakerazon zagagaki. Dri yiar kaţmetzoki ren savo yiar nat, tu ren atzoranaz. Iz iḑa yiar atzoranaz garajez id iz iḑa raeḑ savo laḑ niz̧e.
Vaj ni yiar jer itmejki laḑ najeki git siud raen ud zaz:
“Language is essential, yes, but only for humans. And not even for everyone. Synaesthetic minds don't need it. So, we can expect to encounter non-terrestrial intelligences that are completely unaware of language and that, perhaps because of this, have superior intelligence, contrary to what humans expect.”
Ju ren laḑ nārin zonaganiki riad yiaż jät vara iz najeki nu, id iz taiy naţmezam yeis zat nimerarizat. Sitaki, yaro yiar äriki, jegi id jegi jonitmeniki laḑ yiar jer ijinam atzoranaz garajez raen zu kazonakam, id ifeşi najeki jinan nazajeki raen mit ni zag idi aniramen sitan iz sitijeki kenag merg zanagakaz, zanatz nizon, jem gikenag yeis niranameki. Işa ahad git iḑai äm nu, dri iz iḑa ahad zonaniz çaik nu, id yaro yiar kamakaki kakizanag iz raenid mit jegi niraz id rarit yeil mezonag azon.
Tu atzoranaz garajezi azat iḑa. Tu raeḑ yiar kanaj nur sid raen ahad nazariz atranizanag laḑ çiam yiar zu raeḑ am natzokeriz liad jem käj zagag raz namet zonanag nitgaki, id izi azat iḑa savo man laḑ ahad rizigamaz zonaganajem zu jer nani razon raeḑ raeḑ am nitmaki. Vaj tu iz iḑa yiaż. Vaj nur tu ziz kejiv:
“there is accumulating evidence that human brain development was fundamentally reshaped through several genetic events within the short time space between the human–Neandertal split and the emergence of modern humans; however, when LyAv is asked to run simulation scenarios on the evolution of intelligent species we find some solutions in which language does not emerge, but intelligence does.”
I nu kaki zagag nitmaz iḑa rin laḑi nu kaki niz̧e nitmaz, ni atranizanagi nu zagag iḑa ku laḑ id çiam nur zarij iz rinagaki niz̧e naziniz yeis raeḑ am jez jäaj. Iḑa zagag nitmaz man iz rajeki fuḑ raeḑ iz aeḑa atke i laḑ metz nikanivaji jer naz vara raeḑ am ket? Vaj iḑa iz man izi mamezaki anirizog natmejki laḑ raeḑ am jonam, vare jegit id nazaginikazoj, şa yiar rijin laḑ naţmekazoj? Sitan iḑa yiar kazinazoj yeis niviz. Yiar jiviz id natnizat semi met jonametzigat niţki raeḑ am zagag nazoki vara kazinazoj yiar i şa ahadi zu atzoranaz garajez.
Merg nirazaki nimametkam git laḑ zagag jem kanazoj gaki yeis nitve çiam zarijenag jizoki. Ājeg natzokeriz ji namet dri tu ki yiaż zu. I nu t zu ren anizarizamaki rariz yeil yiar garajekamaz jäzokenagaki zimeki laḑ ahad nizam. Yiar kazinazoj najeki ranaki iḑa çiam natzokeriz zarij yeis gi şo neig yeis yiari riz:
“Language did not evolve as a communication system. The initial evolution of language is more likely to have been for the construction of a real world, as a tool for thought. Not only in the functional dimension, but also in all other respects (semantic, syntactic, morphological, and phonological) the core properties of human language appear to differ sharply from animal communication systems, and to be largely unique in terrestrial organic world.”
Iz iḑa jinatz şa sitan jer imeziki yeis gizoraz ahad garajez natnanizan sem yiar nizamaki natzokeriz raen rim dri yiaż yiar garajez jekazoniki ji. Yiar natzizog iḑa yeis kezimerati nu kenam laḑ jer imezinaki gak natzokeriz yeit jegitz jekazon ji laḑ zagag. Ahadi kezametz rizitn yeis najeki natzizog raenid zu sitan laḑ atzoranaz garajez. Zagag ganiki raeḑ iz aeḑa rinag kizomam metz jer imezinit, ki laḑi met nazajin ati jem zinam ifeşī riz jij zonaganajem jonitmeniki laḑ nagajenazoj. Najeki metz jikaz natki semi zu natzani rigazanam arutil nur ajerazom yiari jegizom, kezigatm yeisi jegik amezanazazat fuḑ zagag.
Vaziz, jonametzigat id jonamet zonaganajem rizirimet saek katnirazaki çiam najeki jikaz zav zanizat atrazitzaki mez yiar kemz id kajemz semi met nagajenazoji zarameniki sem, natniranaki id jer igameniki zagag ji:
“What makes language something much more than an animal communication system? In LyAv-like supercomputers intelligence without language emerges through the unique property of allowing infinite combinations of symbols and therefore mental creation of possible worlds. In some of them languages emerge. In most, it does not. We know communicating with an intelligent species that uses no language is seemingly imposible for us humans, and thus we conclude communication with Giselians must always be done mediated through AI probes. If our own intelligence is below the threshold needed to understand our own intelligence, and if the way our own intelligence works is so complicated and profound that it’s beyond human intelligence to understand it, the sad conclusion would be that we, an intelligent language-based organic species, have no chance to contact Giselians unless we were able to design non-language based intelligent systems.”
Najekī zaramenazoj jizanirazaki ni kajezat sitan iz iḑai aniţz yeis nazaj sitan zagag iḑa jäzon magh laḑ najeki gizoraz rijin jonametzigamaz nizokan najeranagi azonäki vare jegit, kazametzoj, i nazoj, nazaginikazoj id nimaz nagajenazoj, rariz yeil yiar zagag nitmakam neig natjenikat idi rariki i raeḑ jonam. Yiar natmezanazoj siud ati sitan zagag iḑa yiaż nitmaz man iz iḑa ahad izomajenazam jikaz natraz şo yiar rizin laḑ nagajenazoj. Iz iḑa nitmaz man laḑ yiar kigijeki iz liad nak rariz yeil yiar rinki iz iḑa ku laḑ, id man iz nāzom ati jäaj kenazin ajez laḑ nagajenaz i mamezonag idi ji.
Nur raen nitvuj sitan katg yeis yiar zagag nanizaj yiam ahad jekazon jez raj zazaki jini riz nagajenaz kajemnazojeki jem men. Vaziz, i zu iz natki yeis yiar zagag yeis sitigatn zonak alu yiar ametj zak nijez, yiar menaj iḑa kez ziki nazaz. I zu jezazatz azakizom iḑa nimarim, iz kiki i amaz sitan nit laḑ yiar nagajenaz kajemnazojeki kanimanam ali ren, raz zan yeis nit azan, jem käjem yeim zagag.
Jir jeki yiar nazarizin nan iḑa raki. Ju ren naranaj niratki ano yiari jegizomi nu zagagaki ki yiaż raen zi jegiki, nit gatni jezat raeni jegiki şa neig yeim kaz id nit sid yiaż aziz raen sitin:
“If you talk to somebody in 2100, you’ll going to be talking to a psycopath that really is a hybrid of biological and nonbiological intelligence. When you interact with current AI systems you find that the interaction is comfortable and fluid, but that is only because that artificial intelligence was programmed by humans using programming languages that, in turn, have allowed it to understand natural language. But those machines tomorrow will be so intelligent that they will design intelligent systems themselves and, as in the case of LyAv, those systems will not use human language, or language, at all.”
Gizi tu yeis ajen yiari kezazom laḑ zagag fuḑ nagajenazoj yaroi tu iḑa ifeşi sitakanag nanakī zu zagag jem ziki iḑa kazäm. Kaz natzokeriz gij vara rinag katzaki jekez ki yiaż gezi ajinaj yeis nagaj zagagaki şa yiar aeonid kav jimetki vaj aziz äriki laḑ zak; namet zagag kajerazokazoj raenid zu nitvuj yeisi nu ni azonat yeis izogag raeḑ nimazi zaramenazojeki idi anij ale yiari zametzojeki laḑi rariki. Sitaki, i zu yiar zagag nanizaj tu yiaż ati kajemnizati zizam raeḑ yiar jer imeziki laḑ nirizokenag, iz iḑa niramaz şa jem karinag izigati kigijekazoj yeis jer ijerazat nizi sud zarazaki nagajenaz kitnaki:
“The most disturbing experiment we have seen was asking LyAV to design an intelligent system. Curiously, it designed a biological, microscopic being, devoid of language.”
Aziz ama çeis siturik, raeḑ am jekazon sid raen jem ziki yeis ahadi ku rizag laḑ nagajenazi azonäki. Hain sid atī az yeis nirizok ifeşi keravunag fuḑ raz nanizajeki atrazanag jezat jij zonaganajem nikazoki, namet işa jeramaz nagajenazoj, jezez ajenag, id nimazi anitnag. Iz iḑai jegimez järinag raeḑ jonam, vaziz, sitan raz zan nit laḑ sitin nanizajeki gatne raeni zam fuḑ zagag meki zu hain taiy ahad natzom. I zu yiar situkam zav laḑ yiar jez jonam nagaziniki sitan zagag id sitigatn ren zarigazat kanimeţmezam, yiar kaţme zav mejki raz ahad ramet jäaj laḑ zagag sitigatni zaramenazojeki alu kazijizon.
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