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.

David J. Chalmers, Does thought require sensory grounding? From pure thinkers to large language mode...

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 ...