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Main Author: Müller, Vincent C.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21080
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author Müller, Vincent C.
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contents Floridi and Taddeo propose a condition of "zero semantic commitment" for solutions to the grounding problem, and a solution to it. I argue briefly that their condition cannot be fulfilled, not even by their own solution. After a look at Luc Steels' very different competing suggestion, I suggest that we need to re-think what the problem is and what role the 'goals' in a system play in formulating the problem. On the basis of a proper understanding of computing, I come to the conclusion that the only sensible grounding problem is how we can explain and re-produce the behavioral ability and function of meaning in artificial computational agents
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spellingShingle Which symbol grounding problem should we try to solve?
Müller, Vincent C.
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Floridi and Taddeo propose a condition of "zero semantic commitment" for solutions to the grounding problem, and a solution to it. I argue briefly that their condition cannot be fulfilled, not even by their own solution. After a look at Luc Steels' very different competing suggestion, I suggest that we need to re-think what the problem is and what role the 'goals' in a system play in formulating the problem. On the basis of a proper understanding of computing, I come to the conclusion that the only sensible grounding problem is how we can explain and re-produce the behavioral ability and function of meaning in artificial computational agents
title Which symbol grounding problem should we try to solve?
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21080