Does Thought Require Sensory Grounding? From Pure Thinkers to Large Language Models
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| author | Chalmers, David J. |
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| contents | 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. I argue that in principle, there can be pure thinkers: thinkers that lack the capacity to sense altogether. I also argue for significant limitations in just what sort of thought is possible in the absence of the capacity to sense. Regarding AI, I do not argue directly that large language models can think or understand, but I rebut one important argument (the argument from sensory grounding) that they cannot. I also use recent results regarding language models to address the question of whether or how sensory grounding enhances cognitive capacities. |
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| spellingShingle | Does Thought Require Sensory Grounding? From Pure Thinkers to Large Language Models Chalmers, David J. Artificial Intelligence 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. I argue that in principle, there can be pure thinkers: thinkers that lack the capacity to sense altogether. I also argue for significant limitations in just what sort of thought is possible in the absence of the capacity to sense. Regarding AI, I do not argue directly that large language models can think or understand, but I rebut one important argument (the argument from sensory grounding) that they cannot. I also use recent results regarding language models to address the question of whether or how sensory grounding enhances cognitive capacities. |
| title | Does Thought Require Sensory Grounding? From Pure Thinkers to Large Language Models |
| topic | Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.09605 |