#ai # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest # Related > [!TODO] Related > [[Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) - 79 Consciousness and the Chinese Room Special Edition]] # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # Why AI does not understand [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] can indeed complete your sentence but it does not mean it understand the sentence. When [[GPT3]] complete "The cat is hungry, he is running after a" " mouse." it does understand that it is likely that " mouse." occurs after "The cat is hungry, he is running after a" in general, but it does not understand that a cat is a >(_**Felis catus**_) [domestic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_cat "Domestication of the cat") [species](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species "Species") of small [carnivorous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivorous "Carnivorous") [mammal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal "Mammal").[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat#cite_note-Linnaeus1758-1)[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat#cite_note-MSW3fc-2) It is the only domesticated species in the family [Felidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felidae "Felidae") and is commonly referred to as the **domestic cat** or **house cat** to distinguish it from the wild members of the family.[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat#cite_note-Clutton-Brock1999-4) Cats are commonly kept as house pets but can also be [farm cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_cat "Farm cat") or [feral cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_cat "Feral cat"); the feral cat ranges freely and avoids human contact.[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat#cite_note-Liberg_al2014-5) Domestic cats are valued by humans for companionship and their ability to kill [rodents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodent "Rodent"). About 60 [cat breeds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_breeds "Cat breeds") are recognized by various [cat registries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_registries "Cat registries").[[6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat#cite_note-Driscoll_al2009-6) It does not understand that when I scratch its back it will emit a strange noise meaning "happy". The fact is that to understand all this, you need to have a [[The Map is not the Territory|human map of the territory]]. This understanding is an effect of human experience.