Philosophical paper questions if LLMs can think, proposing associative minds

A new paper published on arXiv by Daniel Stoljar and Zhihe Vincent Zhang explores the philosophical question of whether large language models (LLMs) can think. The authors present an argument from rationality suggesting LLMs do not possess genuine thought processes. However, they also propose an alternative perspective, positing that LLMs might engage in purely associative forms of thinking, effectively having associative minds. AI

IMPACT Explores the philosophical implications of LLM capabilities, prompting further debate on AI consciousness.

RANK_REASON Academic paper on arXiv discussing AI capabilities. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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• Zhihe Vincent Zhang

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