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Dreyfus' What Computers (Still) Can't Do & LLMs (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Parsani@hexbear.net to c/theory@hexbear.net

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Is there anything good to read that compares Dreyfus' critique of AI and the new technological developments in "AI"?

Do contemporary researchers even bother to answer his criticisms anymore? Is anyone writing philosophically informed critiques of LLMs as "AI"? Do "AI" researchers even bother trying to respond to the history of philosophy and consciousness?

Edit: Has anyone read Negarestani's Intelligence and Spirit?

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[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Np, I appreciate the information.

Thanks for the journal recommendation, I see a few articles which look interesting. I come at this problem from philosophy, namely phenomenology, which I know has gotten some attention from people working on theories of consciousness though maybe not so much in AI research...? That's why I was asking about Dreyfus.

I've only started Negarestani's book, so I don't have much to say about it right now other than its interesting so far.