A recent study highlights that while AI programs like ChatGPT can generate text that appears humanlike, they struggle with representing sensory-rich concepts, such as flowers. Researchers at Ohio State University emphasize that artificial intelligence lacks bodily experiences and organic understanding, leading to shallow outputs and creativity. This deficiency in sensory representation, notably in terms of touch and smell, contributes to AI's limitations compared to human cognition. These findings, published in Nature Human Behaviour, underline the distinct ways AI 'thinks' and processes concepts versus humans.
A large language model can't smell a rose, touch the petals of a daisy or walk through a field of wildflowers. Without those sensory and motor experiences, it can't truly represent what a flower is in all its richness.
AI doesn't have rich sensory experiences, which is why AI frequently produces things that satisfy a kind of minimal definition of creativity, but it's hollow and shallow.
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