The understanding debate
Herbert Roitblat,
TechTalks,
Jan 31, 2022
There's all kinds of goodness in this post; because to read through to enjoy the subtlety of the last sentence. The surface-level question revolves around an AI can understand what a sentence means when we use it as a prompt or example for processes such as automated writing. The examples (taken from one of my favourite authors) suggest it can't, of course. But what of human readers? Can we say they understand? How much of the meaning do we bring to a piece of text that may never have been there before? When we read meaning into a text, how can we say it isn't we who are making the mistake?
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