Imagine an ant crawling in sand, tracing a path that happens to look like Winston Churchill. Would you say the ant created an image of the former British prime minister? According to the late Harvard philosopher Hilary Putnam, most people would say no: The ant would need to know about Churchill, and lines, and sand.
Does AI understand?
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