• AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today
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      3 hours ago

      IIRC, that’s a misconception. They had no microphone (although a speaker can technically be one). They did not have the ability to record new information, and were preprogrammed to seem to “develop” knowledge of the local market’s language. They didn’t actually learn to talk, because they lacked the necessary hardware.