"What exactly are we talking to when we talk to language models such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini? Do these models have genuine minds with mental states? I will argue that the LLMs we interact with are at least quasi-agents with quasi-beliefs and quasi-desires, in a sense I will explain. I will also argue that the LLM quasi-agents that we interact with are best understood not as abstract models or even as hardware instances but as virtual entities bound to conversation-based memory threads. I will draw some parallels with the TV show Severance."
The lecture will take place in meeting room 4 at campus Lillehammer.
Contact person
Professor
- anna-sara.malmgren@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 43 05 81