AI — accessible explanation and philosophical implications

Artificial intelligence is pattern-finding at scale — systems trained on what has been said and done to produce what might be said or done next. The philosophical implications are not primarily about the technology but about the questions it forces: What is understanding? What is creativity? What is the self that is supposedly different from a very complex pattern?

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