Anna A. Ivanova

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Words can have a powerful effect on people, even when they’re generated by an unthinking machine. iStock via Getty Images

Google’s powerful AI spotlights a human cognitive glitch: Mistaking fluent speech for fluent thought

Kyle Mahowald, The University of Texas at Austin; Anna A. Ivanova, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Evelina Fedorenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Idan Asher Blank, University of California, Los Angeles; Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Nancy Kanwisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Fluent expression is not always evidence of a mind at work, but the human brain is primed to believe so. A pair of cognitive linguistics experts explain why language is not a good test of sentience.

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