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Fair pushback - you're right that strict dictionary definitions are broader. I probably should've been more precise there. My point is more about how the term i
by m_Anachronism 9mo ago
Fair pushback - you're right that strict dictionary definitions are broader. I probably should've been more precise there. My point is more about how the term is used in the actual fields studying it (cogsci, neuroscience, etc.), where it does carry those biological/embodied connotations, even if Webster's doesn't explicitly say so. But you're right to call out the sloppiness.
- kelseyfrog 9mo agoWe have actual tests for cognition - actual instruments that measure cognition. Why not use those as the basis for performing an experiment? If an LLM passes, it exhibits[has] cognition. It's not that hard of an experiment to run.