https://x.com/_pinheira/status/1803155896081518754
> Noam is alive. And well. His wife has just confirmed it
https://x.com/safbf/status/1803154724415287513 Not dead "Shameful and sad that Valeria Chomsky had to deny news of Noam Chomsky’s death over the phone here in Brazil, because a bunch of places decided to publish pre-written obituaries and posts at the first online rumour."
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 opinion are out of the way.)
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.
Recent and related:
Noam Chomsky 'no longer able to talk' after 'medical event' - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40641361 - June 2024 (424 comments)
EDIT: they deleted it
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-...
New Statesman saying he's died too
I am not sure his death is confirmed though. Apparently he had a new stroke.
Title of article reappeared with modification: Let’s Celebrate Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant
The moral midget is still alive. Known Khmer Rouge fanboy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial?wpro...
My apologies.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/noam-chomskys-wife-r...