AI CoLab Workshop - Large Language Epistemology

​AI and LLMs are a new frontier in knowledge generation and synthesis. However, in what sense can we say that AI knows anything? And can we trust any knowledge claims made by, or on behalf, of AI?

​This workshop will first outline a framework to help make sense of these questions based on a philosophical, structural comparison of human versus LLM information processing. You will then have the chance to test this framework and refine it with your preferred AI tools live in the workshop.

​Dr Ryan Young is a consulting philosopher with Queritas who built research expertise in truth, language and knowledge well before LLMs turned these questions into critical ones for our future. You can find his philosophical writings, including on AI, at Humble Knowledge. He has also worked in and around government for many years.

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