Re: LLMs are evolving to mimic human cognitive science ...

This is exactly why I posted about the Taiwan AI Basic Act.
I think the middle ground should be where humans remain in charge, but with
intelligent agents accepted under certain conditions as equal in having
agency.
You are right, I have seen discussions on granting AI rights as autonomous
entities in a similar way humans were granted human rights through UN
treaties, and quite frankly they wade in very murky waters.

Milton Ponson
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On Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 11:05 Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi Milton,
>
> Milinkovic’s lengthy treatise (see the science direct link below) is
> philosophical rather than engineering. That’s fine, but as an engineer, I
> am personally more interested in how AI is evolving from transformer-based
> chatbots to communicating agents that can boost productivity in everyday
> applications. For this, the current technical research focus is on memory
> and reasoning, and so far to a lesser extent on continual learning.
> Findings in the cognitive sciences are providing valuable research insights
> for novel neural AI architectures.  The goal is not to reproduce people,
> but rather to provide useful tools.
>
> p.s. some of the talk about the uniqueness of consciousness in humans
> reminds me a little of the dark currents of human history in relation to
> racism and misogyny. and I am very much hoping we can push back on that as
> AI agents and robots rapidly evolve and become a ubiquitous, trusted and
> valuable part of human society.
>
> Best regards,
>
> On 5 Feb 2026, at 15:51, Milton Ponson <rwiciamsd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for this update. But there is a caveat.
> Mimicking cognitive features isn't enough. The article about biological
> computationalism makes a strong case for distinction between algorithm and
> machine not being in line with experimental observation (
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763425005251).
>
> Which means observation, perception, memory storage, cognitive function
> and processes all blend into a "cognitive and consciousness smear ".
>
>
> Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
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