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Microsoft AI Chief Compares Modern Models to Leibniz's "Thinking Machine"

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Microsoft's AI chief has drawn a parallel between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's early philosophical musings on machines and the current state of AI models. Leibniz envisioned a thinking machine as a complex mechanism where components merely interact, suggesting a lack of true understanding. This perspective is echoed in contemporary discussions about whether current AI models possess genuine intelligence or are simply sophisticated arrangements of parts. AI

IMPACT This commentary prompts reflection on the nature of AI intelligence and understanding, questioning whether current models possess genuine cognition.

RANK_REASON The item discusses an opinion from a Microsoft executive comparing current AI models to historical philosophical concepts.

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Microsoft AI Chief Compares Modern Models to Leibniz's "Thinking Machine"

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    Leibniz imagined walking through a thinking machine as through a mill, finding only "parts that push one another." Microsoft's AI chief says something very simi

    Leibniz imagined walking through a thinking machine as through a mill, finding only "parts that push one another." Microsoft's AI chief says something very similar about today's models. But can we settle the question just by seeing the parts? # ai # philosophy https:// dougsmithp…

    LINKS dougsmithphd.substack.com/…/the-inconceiv…

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