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But as Mr. Gottlieb accurately says, today most philosophers do not accept that philosophical problems are merely linguistic confusions and pay no more than lip service to his ideas.

Like many college kids, Allaire became interested in the work of Noam Chomsky, an American scholar known for his work in linguistics, political activism and social criticism.

The debate highlights the ongoing challenge in Nigeria of balancing the promotion of its rich linguistic heritage with the practical demands of a national curriculum and a globalised economy where English proficiency is dominant.

That linguistic timidity —our inability to name what’s happening — is itself a form of complicity, and the result of a combination of fear and fecklessness.

"I call them Large Language Models, not artificial intelligence because they engage in linguistic analysis and prediction - nothing more," she says.