[thro1]

> Other works that have made similar arguments: [1] Allegory of the Cave, Plato, c. 375 BC [2] Three Kinds of Scientific Realism, Putnam, The Philosophical Quarterly, 1982 ..

Looking for Putnam vs Popper, found this: According to Hilary Putnam, who first championed metaphysical realism and later challenged it, metaphysical realism involves adopting a so-called “God’s point of view.” https://www.telework.ro/en/contemporary-realism-karl-popper-...

AI and “God’s point of view” ?! - what can go right ?

[dr_dshiv]

And here’s a post about the Platonic, Pythagorean and the Popperian: https://open.substack.com/pub/aixd/p/ai-might-not-need-exper...

Specifically about how AI might be able to “understand” even without the ability to feel or have qualia.