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NEW Season 1 Nov 2, 2026 · 54 min

Ep. 403: Are LLMs Actually Intelligent? (Part Two)

Continuing on Raphaël Millière and Cameron Buckner's "A Philosophical Introduction to Language Models, Part I: Continuity With Classic Debates." We go through the various arguably important features for intelligence, including particular ways of learning and comprehending language, being able to generalize from the data set, and to use a world model to navigate problems. Can something have intelligence without having intentions, and do programmed goals count as intentions? Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsor: Go to Quince.com or download the Quince app for free shipping on high-quality, affordable clothes and more. Let them know you heard about them from The Partially Examined Life.

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