my APA presidential address on "does thought require sensory grounding? from pure thinkers to large language models" is now published. i argue for no: so, even if LLMs lack sensory grounding, this doesn't entail that they can't think or understand.
Does the capacity to think require the capacity to sense? A lively debate on this topic runs throughout the history of philosophy and now animates discussions of artificial intelligence. Many have ...
on X, i asked: who endorses the AGI scaling hypothesis: roughly, that scaling current systems and methods will lead to human-level AGI? since bluesky is philosopher-heavy, let me also ask here: which philosophers endorse or have expressed sympathy with the hypothesis, or with something nearby?
you've probably met bill ruddick at NYU, who had dinner with russell in the 1950s and knew anscombe and austin too. i don't know if you met michael dummett who briefly met wittgenstein. i'm not sure if i've met anyone who met ramsey though in principle it should be possible.
Neuron Q&A: David J. Chalmers or, a philosopher encounters neuroscience www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S...
google search will find them for you!
as a jury member, i'm delighted that this year's berggruen prize for philosophy and culture has been awarded to patricia hill collins.
