Language models have semantics and understanding, as evidenced by their ability to solve problems requiring understanding of concepts like paint fading and temporal reasoning (the room-painting problem), though they lack grounding in physical reality; multimodal systems trained with robotic perception can be grounded
factualpending
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Geoffrey HintonEvidence Quote
“I find it very hard to believe that they don't have semantics when they consult problems...it understood the meaning it got it”
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Possible End of Humanity from AI? Geoffrey Hinton at MIT Technology Review's EmTech Digital— Joseph RaczynskiCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:48:51 PM
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