AI cannot smell the flowers

In a paradoxical way, I must thank the algorithm
which algorithm? I dont know....

There must be a very big algo running in the background of everything, this
much we can infer

I was in a conversation *using Microsoft Team, and I mentioned how AI IS
WORKING GREAT for me
but direct human learning experience cannot be replaced by machine,
especially, the experience of being immersed in natural environments
and interacting with the natural world

Today my  tracker brings up this very timely article, matching the
conversation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02203-8#citeas

Xu, Q., Peng, Y., Nastase, S.A. *et al.* Large language models without
grounding recover non-sensorimotor but not sensorimotor features of human
concepts. *Nat Hum Behav* (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02203-8


*Imagine learning about the concept of ‘flower’ without ever smelling a
rose, touching the petals of a daisy or walking through a field of
wildflowers. Can we truly represent the concept ‘flower’ in all its
richness without sensorimotor experiences? This question invokes a
longstanding debate about the interplay between physical experience and
conceptual representation. On the one hand, theories of grounded cognition
posit that our senses are our gateways to knowledge3
<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02203-8#ref-CR3>; the physical
experience of ‘flowers’ is integral to how we represent and process them *

The article is worth a look

Tags: AI, consciousness?, experience nature, smelling the flowers

Sigh