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The relationship between artificial intelligence and human cognition is defined by the debate over their functional similarity, with Anil Seth noting that observers mistakenly attribute human-like reasoning to AI [1] and warning that equating the two diminishes the unique nature of human cognition [2].
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AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) conspicuouscognition.com 2 facts
perspectiveAnil Seth argues that observers often overestimate the similarity between AI and human cognition because they confuse the 'intentional stance'—interpreting behavior as if it were driven by human-like thinking or reasoning—with the actual underlying mechanisms of the AI.
perspectiveAnil Seth criticizes the term 'stochastic parrots' as reductive, arguing that it is unfair to AI, unfair to actual parrots, and diminishes the human condition by implying that human cognition is fundamentally the same as that of a language model.