> For example, how is the fact that language models "work" contradict the innateness of language in humans?
It doesn't. Also, the author doesn't seem to actually understand Chomsky's writing about language, because learning language via exposure is how humans learn languages and he fucking mentions that in his writing on the subject.
UG (universal grammar) is the purported facility in the human brain which makes language possible - it has a innate structure, but it learns particular languages from exposure. Chomsky doesn't state exactly what that structure is because he doesn't know - figuring that out is goal of his work.
It doesn't. Also, the author doesn't seem to actually understand Chomsky's writing about language, because learning language via exposure is how humans learn languages and he fucking mentions that in his writing on the subject.
UG (universal grammar) is the purported facility in the human brain which makes language possible - it has a innate structure, but it learns particular languages from exposure. Chomsky doesn't state exactly what that structure is because he doesn't know - figuring that out is goal of his work.