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concept:anthropomimesisAnthropomimesis
The fact that contemporary AI is trained to reproduce human behavioural/cognitive outputs, confounding behavioural indicators.
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- Henry Shevlinintroduces
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- Explains why the framework must descend below the behavioural level.
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