The Debate over the Understanding Ability of the Large Language Model and the New Narrative of the Understanding View
The issue of whether artificial intelligence has understanding ability has attracted new attention after the emergence of large language models(LLMs),and there is currently a heated debate between opposing views.The party who holds a negative opinion mainly argues that the LLMs cannot have human understanding from aspects such as embodiment and working mechanism,while the party who holds a positive opinion explains the understanding of the LLMs from aspects such as function and subjective experience.From a philosophical perspective,it is also necessary to:analyze the issue of whether the LLMs has ability from the perspective of updating the understanding view,including integrating the understanding view of humanism and functionalism;enrich the meaning of artificial or machine understanding based on a dynamic development perspective;and move towards a new understanding view of human-machine complementarity and cooperation.
Artificial IntelligenceLarge Language ModelUnderstandingFunctionHuman Machine Complementarity