DeepMind scientist calls LLMs ‘exotic mind-like entities’: Why the future of AI needs a new vocabulary?

Artificial intelligence may be transforming the world, but even leading scientists admit they are struggling to define what it truly is. A captivating Instagram video clip shared by the page theaigems recently showcased DeepMind’s Principal Scientist, Murray Shanahan, offering a glimpse into this dilemma. In his words, large language models (LLMs) aren’t simply machines anymore — they are “exotic mind-like entities.” But why this peculiar choice of words? According to Shanahan, our current vocabulary falls short when it comes to describing these…