Do #LLMs have mental states?
on standard definitions in philosophy a state or event is a "mental state" if and only if it is a conscious state or an intentional state
I assume LLMs aren't conscious but how is a currently active representation that mediates ChatGPT4o drawing a table, identifying a table in an image, or answering a query about tables *not* an intentional state in the sense of this definition, i.e. something that has 'intentionality' in the sense of 'aboutness'?
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on standard definitions in philosophy a state or event is a "mental state" if and only if it is a conscious state or an intentional state
I assume LLMs aren't conscious but how is a currently active representation that mediates ChatGPT4o drawing a table, identifying a table in an image, or answering a query about tables *not* an intentional state in the sense of this definition, i.e. something that has 'intentionality' in the sense of 'aboutness'?
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Doug Webb •