Yudkowsky vs. Plato: can language models possess knowledge?

Zuzalu Montenegro 2023 · 7 May 2023 · 1:00:00

Gauntlet founder and CEO Tarun Chitra questions whether large language models can be said to possess knowledge, framing the debate against Eliezer Yudkowsky's AI-alignment warnings and classical Platonic epistemology. He draws on his work modeling risk across DeFi protocols and smart contracts to ask what understanding means for a system trained on statistical pattern-matching rather than lived experience. The talk, part of Zuzalu Montenegro 2023, sits at the crossroads of AI safety debate and the formal reasoning Chitra applies to on-chain risk.

Speakers

• Tarun Chitra

From Zuzalu Montenegro 2023, hosted by Zuzalu.