Philosopher Hume's Missing Elements Lost in Modern AI Models
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James Okafor
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Researchers argue that Bayesian formalization and modern AI systems like large language models have stripped away three critical conditions from philosopher David Hume's theory of causation: experiential grounding, structured knowledge retrieval, and felt conviction. Understanding these gaps matters for developing AI that reasons about causation more like humans do.
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