The University of Cincinnati’s Anthony Chemero has challenged concerns about AI replacing human jobs, asserting that misconceptions stem from linguistic confusion. He suggests that while AI is intelligent, it cannot possess human-like intelligence, despite being able to deceive and fabricate like its creators.
Will AI-powered robots take over from humans in the future?
As AI continues to make headlines, many are concerned that AI-powered robots will replace human workers, but Chemero argues that these fears may be unfounded.
The report describes ChatGPT and other AI systems as large language models (LLM) that are trained using extensive data from the internet, highlighting that these models inherit biases from the original data sources, which reflects the perspectives of the individuals posting the data.
According to Chemero, LLMs are capable of generating impressive text, but they often fabricate information. While they can produce grammatically correct sentences, they require significantly more training compared to humans. Moreover, they lack true understanding of the meaning behind their statements. Chemero emphasizes that LLMs differ from human cognition because they lack embodiment.
LLMs can’t be compared to humans because of lack of emotional intelligence
LLMs creators refer to their fabrication of information as “hallucinating,” but Chemero suggests that a more appropriate term would be “bullsh*tting.” LLMs construct sentences by repeatedly adding the most statistically likely next word, without any concern for factual accuracy. Disturbingly, with a little manipulation, anyone can make an AI tool produce racist, sexist, or biased content. Notably, Prof. Chemero emphasizes that LLMs lack true intelligence because they lack embodiment, unlike humans who exist within a complex web of living beings, materials, and cultural contexts.
Professor Chemero concludes that LLMs lack genuine concern for their survival and the world they exist in. Their indifference towards everything highlights their lack of connection to the world. In essence, the key message conveyed here is that LLMs lack the intelligence and emotional investment that humans possess. Professor Chemero emphasizes that humans genuinely care about their existence and the world they inhabit, whereas LLMs simply do not possess this capacity for concern.
