https://3rdlayer.uk/tags/history-of-science/Recent content in History of Science on 3rd layerHugo -- 0.154.5en-USSat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://3rdlayer.uk/posts/chomsky-vs-skinner-1959/Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://3rdlayer.uk/posts/chomsky-vs-skinner-1959/One man argued that language was a matter of reward and habit, and lost famously. Half a century later, the machines that talk to us are trained with exactly that: reward.