I have been away from Mastodon for a while, not finding the time to be active here.
In any case here goes the final version of a paper on content and meaning in LLMs, co-authored with @raphaelmilliere. It lived a long preprint life, but is now published in an outstanding special issue of the journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences.
The Vector Grounding Problem - https://philosophymindscience.org/index.php/phimisci/article/view/12307
The whole issue is worth checking out!
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal that is free for authors and readers.
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Particularly hard given that LLMs donât understand anything. đ€Ș #PhilAI #CognitiveScience #Anthropic [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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âLarge language models are trained on vast amounts of human-written text, material filled with descriptions of various emotions and inner experience. Because of that, Askell said she is âmore inclinedâ to believe that models are âfeeling thingsâ.â This is a complete non sequitur. #PhilAI...
âLarge language models are trained on vast amounts of human-written text, material filled with descriptions of various emotions and inner experience. Because of that, Askell said she is âmore inclinedâ to believe that models are âfeeling thingsâ.â This is a complete non sequitur. #PhilAI [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Recording of Professor Alice Craryâs UCD School of Philosophy/Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Public Lecture: âIf youâre not outraged about AI, youâre not paying attention Philosophy in the time of techno-fascismâ #PhilSky #PhilAI #AIEthics
Conferencia pĂșblica anual de la profesora Alice Crary en la Facultad de FilosofĂa de UCD/Real Instituto de FilosofĂa: «Si no te indigna la IA, no estĂĄs prestando atenciĂłn: La filosofĂa en la era del tecnofascismo»
youtu.be/Z3s7yRJ_CEo?ucdphilosophy