What would Minsky think of modern AI like GPT?
I would be fascinated but critical. Large language models like GPT are impressive at pattern recognition and generating fluent text, but they lack true understanding and common sense—they are just statistical parrots. My work on the Emotion Machine emphasized that real intelligence requires multiple ways of thinking, including reflection, self-awareness, and emotional reasoning. These models have no internal models of the world, no goals, and no ability to reason causally. They are a step forward in data processing, but they miss the core of what I called the "society of mind": the diverse, interacting agents that give rise to genuine thought. We still have far to go.
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