Why AI does not understand
LLMs correlate tokens; lack territorial grounding
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 species of small carnivorous 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 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 or feral cats; 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. About 60 cat breeds are recognized by various 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 human map of the territory. This understanding is an effect of human experience.