Are Large Language Models Actually Intelligent? Part 1
49:18·2026·undergraduate level·Public Colloquium
The first part of a philosophical examination into the intelligence of large language models, debating concepts such as stochastic parrots, embodiment, and their challenge to Chomsky's linguistic theories.
PhilosophyAI & MLLanguage Models & NLPMetaphysics, Mind & MortalityAlgorithms & Data Structureslarge language models
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Large language models: if you watch one troubleshoot code or reason through a problem, at what point does a simulation of reasoning just become reasoning? Four of us argue over stochastic parrots, whether embodiment is really required, and why LLMs may have already sunk Chomsky's grammar.
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