Connectionists: the AI understanding debate

[Claudius Gros]

Hi Everybody

There are two interesting aspects to the current
AI understanding debate on this list.

(A)
When ChatGPT-3 came out, more or less the same
question 'What does understanding mean?', has
been discussed over months on this list. At that time,
a certain consensus had been reached, in my impression,
namely that we do not even have a precise definition what
'understanding' means even in the human context.  Of course
different kinds of conclusions could be drawn from this 
insight.

(B)
The current debate is characterized, besides others, that
contributors often do not 'understand' the premises of
others, for whatever reasons. Philosophically, the question
then arises: When people tend to not understand each other,
is this group of people qualified in first place to discuss AI 
understanding?

Cheers
Claudius

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