AI sounds smart but still doesn't understand

from Cool Science Radio · host Scott Greenberg, Lynn Ware Peek

A leading AI researcher, Dr. Melanie Mitchell, explores the gap between pattern recognition and genuine comprehension and how today’s most powerful models still stumble on the difference.

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