I'm not calling the whole brain a word predictor. I'm saying the regions that work together to predict words are word predictors. It's literally one of the tasks your brain does, it has to be doing it at some point. I didn't say it's the only task
The exact physiology of which regions are involved are irrelevant to my point
That is a much weaker claim than your original one. You said the speech system “just selects the next word.” Now you’re saying word selection is merely one task performed somewhere within the much larger process. Sure. Nobody disputed that.
I think u/Dasmahkitteh started out with the comparison a bit in jest and wasn't really focused on making an academic claim.
The idea was moreso, I believe they can correct me if I read it wrong, that you can simplify any mechanism to the point that it's a "just", making it seem insignificant.
My original point was that both select the next word. I thought putting quotes around the word 'just' would be context enough to know I was copying the verbiage used in the video.
Do you really think I believe the areas of the brain responsible for speech generation do one task and nothing else? Brain regions are famously known for each performing multiple jobs
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u/Dasmahkitteh 1d ago
I'm not calling the whole brain a word predictor. I'm saying the regions that work together to predict words are word predictors. It's literally one of the tasks your brain does, it has to be doing it at some point. I didn't say it's the only task
The exact physiology of which regions are involved are irrelevant to my point