Can AI think – and should it? What it means to think, from Plato to ChatGPT
Can AI actually think? Plato and Aristotle might have something to say about that. Their ancient distinctions between reason, intuition, and wisdom offer a surprising lens on today’s technologies. Machines may analyze data and generate responses that look like thought, but do they understand? The Greeks argued that true thinking requires something more: an embodied, emotional, human experience — a reminder that what’s at stake with AI today is as much philosophical as it is technical. Ryan Leack, with The Conversation has some contemplative Sunday reading for you.
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