Ask Me Anything with Susan Schneider and Robert Lawrence Kuhn (Part I)

*Why do large language models so often tell us what we want to hear?* Susan Schneider explains why today's AI systems reinforce our existing beliefs, generate intellectual conformity, and create the illusion of understanding — making critical thinking more important than ever. 0:00 Whether You Can Predict What an LLM Will Say 3:17 Why Large Language Models Are Hard to Predict 6:00 The Problem of AI Sycophancy 10:32 Intellectual Leveling and the Loss of Original Thought 14:26 The Groundhog Day Illusion of AI Memory 19:11 Whether AI Can Reflect on Itself 25:19 Looking Inside the Mind of an LLM Susan Schneider is an American philosopher and artificial intelligence expert. She is the founding director of the Center for the Future of AI, Mind, & Society at Florida Atlantic University where she also holds the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professorship. She is also Co-Principal Investigator at the Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics Laboratory (MPCR Lab) in the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences. Schneider has also held the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation at NASA and the Distinguished Scholar Chair at the Library of Congress. *More from Susan Schneider on Closer To Truth:* * Closer To Truth contributors: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/susan-schneider/ * Landscape of Consciousness, "Schneider and Bailey’s Entangled Superpsychism": https://loc.closertotruth.com/theory/schneider-and-bailey-s-entangled-superpsychism *Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* https://www.youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV *Join the Community:* * Membership (5,000+ videos): https://closertotruth.com/register/ * Audio Podcast: https://closertotruth.podbean.com * Support the Show: https://closertotruth.com/donate/ * Official Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/closertotruth/ *Follow Us:* * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CloserToTruthTV/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/closertotruth/ * X: h