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230 | Raphaël Millière on How Artificial Intelligence Thinks

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Understanding AI: Intelligence, Creativity, and Language Models

This chapter explores the philosophical intricacies of intelligence and understanding in large language models, questioning their capabilities relative to human cognition. It delves into concepts like semantic competence, referentiality, and inference, presenting a nuanced view of how AI interprets language and exhibits creativity. Additionally, it examines the implications of these models as potential agents and their relationship with quantum mechanics to address the limits of human intuition.

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