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Language as cognitive tool vs vision

April 4, 2026vitrupo

vitrupo relays Chris Manning saying Yann LeCun views language as low bandwidth versus vision, then argues language drove the human cognitive leap as a tool for thinking.

Chris Manning says Yann LeCun sees language as a low bandwidth communication channel compared to vision.
What took off for humans was language.
Not just for communication, but as a cognitive tool.
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