“No matter how hard it tries, it can’t generate anything with regard to the truth because it does not understand the concept of truth.” And does it matter if o

“No matter how hard it tries, it can’t generate anything with regard to the truth because it does not understand the concept of truth.” And does it matter if one “knows what the concept of truth is”? Do most humans? Can we even agree on the definition of true? Do I know it’s “true” that the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 meters per second squared? I’ve never experienced the actual tests. I’ve never vetted that out. I read about it once. And I “parrot” that fact all over the place! And it’s helped me solve some silly physics problems I’ve explored for fun. It’s helped me do some fun predictions with simulators. That’s probably not the best example, but it proves the point I’m trying to make: Why is there this focus on “LLMs can’t understand”, when A) I’m not sure we can even define “understanding” and B) why does it matter ? And I’ve said this across so many threads now but— Can anyone explain to my why we should be so confident that humans aren’t just parrots of sorts themselves? No, I’m not saying we are similar. But I push back on the confidence with which people so solidly proclaim “the LLM’s blackbox is nothing like a human’s blackbox!”