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The brain does not predict every upcoming word during language comprehension with maximum precision, contradicting the assumption that next-…

The brain does not predict every upcoming word during language comprehension with maximum precision, contradicting the assumption that next-word prediction serves as the central computational objectiv

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The brain does not predict every upcoming word during language comprehension with maximum precision, contradicting the assumption that next-word prediction serves as the central computational objective of the human language system. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02272-6

Source: Yann LeCun (X) | 2026-05-05

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