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All articles have been removed. Except Jacobin.
Fair enough. I’m surprised NS were that sloppy, but apologies for contributing to the misinformation.
Archived link from the statesmen.
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New Statesman has an obituary now too, so it seems pretty certain that he has died.
It’s been taken down!
I am not sure his death is confirmed though. Apparently he had a new stroke.
I am not sure his death is confirmed though. Apparently he had a new stroke.
I was too lazy to log out but could see this much from Google search. Pinker said, (28 minutes ago): "Reports today of Noam Chomsky's death (in Jacobin and New Statesman, since taken down) were greatly exaggerated. I have confirmation from..."
I had always had wanted to ask him if he didn’t think now that his critique of BF Skinner’s “Verbal Behavior” had been wrong after all, and that LLMs are the experimental proof of Skinner’s idea that simple conditioning can give rise to something that, to us, looks like intelligence. Now I’ll never know. (But maybe the two of them can have a discussion now in the afterlife, now that their worldly egos and public opin…
He has discussed this in recent interviews and talks e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opinion/noam-chomsky-chat... > his critique of BF Skinner’s “Verbal Behavior” had been wrong after all btw, this is in no way proven (or true imo).
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He has discussed this in recent interviews and talks e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opinion/noam-chomsky-chat... > his critique of BF Skinner’s “Verbal Behavior” had been wrong after all btw, this is in no way proven (or true imo).
I'd be fairly cautious in assuming that these more recent coauthored pieces by Chomsky represent his views very accurately. They're pretty crude by his standards and don't really read like his writing (though he may well have signed off on them in some sense).
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I'd be fairly cautious in assuming that these more recent coauthored pieces by Chomsky represent his views very accurately. They're pretty crude by his standards and don't really read like his writing (though he may well have signed off on them in some sense).
Many interviews with him directly you can check out. Article is consistent with those interviews.
Does anyone know why was he taken to Brazil? I know his wife is a Brazilian, but still. Perhaps medical costs? It’s a very sad news for many of us. Still, knowing what happens with a massive stroke, I think it’s in his best interest to go. It’s going to be horrible, and the situation with caregivers is even more difficult.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/activist-noam-chomsky-...
He wasn't taken, he lives there according to the Standard. Good for him as well! It's an awesome place to be in. :)