Questions tagged [artificial-intelligence]
Artificial intelligence means making a computer do something that appears clever to humans. Fully general artificial intelligence remains an elusive and far-off goal; but many relatively 'intelligent' behaviors are now common even from consumer devices, for instance, recognizing a human face or playing a difficult game of chess.
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Infinite regresses and AI: are they compatible?
I haven't been thinking about this very long, but when I encounter an infinite regress, I recognize it as a problem and then look for ways around that (avoid, make it virtuous, I don't know). I may ...
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Have the inventors of LLMs/image-generators/w/e fulfilled Kant's assertion about the "art" of the productive imagination?
Consider the part of the following text (from Kant) that I've emphasized in bold:
The conception of a dog indicates a rule, according to which my imagination can delineate the figure of a four-footed ...
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Has anyone specified the relation between a virtuous person and the virtues, or what is virtue? [closed]
Has anyone specified the relation between a virtuous person and the virtues? I am wondering if it is only metaphorical, that a virtuous person e.g. bears her virtues, or if it can be stated in terms ...
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What is intention?
Recently, I asked a question "Can LLMs have intention?". But I'm sorry that the word "intention" was not clearly defined there. When I think about it, I realize I got confused, ...
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Who was the first philosopher to describe approximation?
Who was the first philosopher to describe what we now call curve fitting or approximation?
Pierre Duhem discusses this a bit in Aim & Structure of Physical Theory, pt. 2, ch. 3 "Mathematical ...
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Who was the first philosopher to describe what we now call artificial intelligence?
Who was the first philosopher (e.g., Greek or pre-Socratic) to define or describe what we now call artificial intelligence?
In your answer, first discusses
the natural vs. artificial distinction (e.g....
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What do humans do uniquely, that computers apparently will not be able to?
The question is often brought of what computers will be able to do as well or better than humans. We could ask a more definitive question: what do humans do that we never expect computers to do, no ...
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Can LLMs have intention?
In many movies, you have seen an AI robot moving here and there, doing this and that with an intention. Is it possible that a generative AI-like language model (e.g., ChatGPT) could ever do that?
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Does the success of AI (Large Language Models) support Wittgenstein's position that "meaning is use"?
By 'success' we think of current AI/LLMs capacity of producing text that is regarded as coherent, informative, even convincing, by human readers [see for instance Spitale et al. and Salvi et al.]
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Will the use of AI reduce our capacity to think? [duplicate]
In light of the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), there's a growing concern regarding its potential impact on human cognition.
Individuals like Elon Musk; Nick Bostrom of the ...
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Is it possible for there to be an AI chatbot that is a philosophical non-zombie?
As far as I know, the current philosophical consensus is that chatbots like ChatGPT are not conscious.
However, in analogy with philosophical zombies, would it be possible to have a "...
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Does the use of AI make someone more intelligent?
Does the use of AI make someone more intelligent? I think I remember this coming up in the SEP, with respect to whether access to the internet means I "know" (or similar) everything that ...
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How essential is transparency in the AI future?
How essential is transparency in the AI future? Not just as a safeguard against anti democratic tendencies, but whether it is innately abuse to train AI to pose as a human, without clearly signallying ...
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Does or could ChatGPT understand text? [closed]
The following argument concludes that the common understanding of ChatGPT (trained on text, receives online users' text questions, etc.) is not supported by the science. What criticisms are there of ...
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Any publications on the Fermi paradox and GAI?
Is there any reason to think that GAI, in every conceivable form and with any possible safeguard, will annihilate any civilization that builds it, thereby solving the Fermi paradox (assuming that ...
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Does chat-gpt have an unconscious? [closed]
Does chat-gpt have an unconscious? Do you need qualia (which I feel chat-gpt lacks, though in reality I don't know what it is, rather than what it outputs) to have an unconscious, or just the capacity ...
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Does a program imply a programmer? [closed]
I propose there are 2 methods with which we could replicate consciousness.
A physical replication of the brain where consciousness would emerge from a physical replication of a brains neural network.
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Where would consciousness be located in a machine? [closed]
The conscious thought I experience is behind my eyes and is located within my skull. I assume that experience is common. however, it may not be?
In replicating consciousness in a machine such as a ...
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Could general-AI language generation be a test for sentience, sapience, or consciousness?
One of the oft-cited examples of how to test if Artificial Intelligence (AI) is intelligent (often expanded to sentient) is the Turing test. Simply, an AI or machine passes the Turing test if it can ...
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Turing machines, thinking and category mistakes
According to my recollection, some philosophers have argued that it is a category mistake to ascribe intelligence to Turing machines, because Turing machines are abstract mathematical objects.
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If Large Language Models can do Maths, is Formalism true?
A slightly flippant question, but curious to see what my platonist rivals might have to say!
One of the proported reasons that Open-AI was having business politics trouble was the suggestion that ...
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Will artificial intelligence lead to experimental philosophy?
Let us clarify some terms, so we do not turn our ankle in some linguistic rabbit-hole before we start. All experimental science used to be called 'Natural Philosophy'. Modern usage re-labels this as '...
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On a reductionist/functionalist account of consciousness, would we have ethical obligations toward robots?
If consciousness arises from specific functions instantiated by physical systems, consider a robot with functions mirroring those found in carbon-based life, particularly in humans. Would this imply ...
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Justice and general intelligence systems? [closed]
In a world of general intelligence systems. If an AI causes an accident how is justice served? This maybe due to the overlook of a human who is no longer there. And the reason for that would be it was ...
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How is AI changing our view of consciousness? [closed]
Consciousness doesn't reveal itself except through behaviour. We can't see others' minds, but we can hear their voice and what they say. This leads the observer to conclude that their interlocutor has ...
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AI paradox in DKIW hierarchy [closed]
You can check this link for basic info.
(Note: 'data', 'information', 'knowledge' and 'widsom' words will be mention as shortened with first letters in this question.)
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Looking for reading recommendations: Theories of right/justice that safeguard against having one's job automated?
Can anyone recommend any books or articles on AI automation of jobs?
Specifically, books that develop or discuss a theory of right and then apply it to the question of whether we should let job ...
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Is non-deterministic automated reasoning a viable strategy for solving problems in mathematical logic?
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There are objections that this is too technical to be philosophy, and while I've seen questions on this forum go far beyond what I'm asking here in set theory, computability theory, ...
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Why are humans and AI often treated differently in cases where they perform nearly identical processes?
With respect to AI, some people appear to have an objection to the idea of
feed[ing an] AI with other people's works and then claim[ing] all the
output as yours.
Let's create the following ...
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When is a subject position in a discourse antagonistic with others?
Just trying to relate my ladybird book of Foucault knowledge (though I've read him) to chat-gpt. When is a subject position in a discourse antagonistic with others? When is an LLM that is more ...
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