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What if the machines that speak so fluently don't understand a word they're saying?
In Words Without Minds, J. K. Brooks explores the strange, fascinating world of large language models (LLMs) - the AI technology behind ChatGPT, Claude, and other tools that now write, code, summarize, and even carry on conversations. But do they think? Do they understand? And what does their rise mean for us?
With clarity, insight, and occasional wit, Brooks takes readers on a journey from the ancient roots of language to the philosophical puzzles of machine-generated text. Blending AI history, computational linguistics, and the philosophy of artificial intelligence, the book unpacks the mechanics, implications, and ethical questions surrounding these powerful new systems.
Whether you're tech-curious, philosophically inclined, or simply wondering why your email suddenly sounds smarter than you, this is the essential guide to making sense of the machines that now make sense of us.
What you'll explore:
• How ChatGPT and other LLMs work in layman-friendly terms
• Why AI fluency doesn't require understanding -- but fools us anyway
• What language means in a world where machines can use it
• The history of machine learning and NLP in human context
• The ethical dilemmas of authorship, ownership, and synthetic speech
A timely and thought-provoking book for general readers interested in AI, technology ethics, and the philosophy of language, Words Without Minds invites us to rethink what it means to communicate - and what's at stake when we share that power with machines.
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