As impressive as they seem, the latest computer brains usually fail at tasks that require generalizing concepts — tasks that come easily to humans. DrAfter123/GETTY IMAGES ...

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Describing artificial intelligence as having neural networks and understanding language has implications for how we understand both AI and the human brain.

That’s because large language models, the type of A.I. systems that power ChatGPT and other popular chatbots, are not programmed line by line by human engineers, as conventional computer ...