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A Categorical Analysis of Large Language Models and Why LLMs Circumvent the Symbol Grounding Problem

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Main Authors:	Floridi, Luciano, Jia, Yiyang, Tohmé, Fernando
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Artificial Intelligence
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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