alt Hacker News> How is it that sign language association learning is different from spoken language learning?
Huh? The article doesn't claim anything like this.
> How is it that sign language association learning is different from spoken language learning?
Huh? The article doesn't claim anything like this.
Yeah, sign-language versus spoken-language is just an implementation-detail for which signals Koko was reproducing.
In some parallel-universe where Koko was a parrot "speaking" English, we'd have the same set of philosophical issues and concerns.