AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science’s role in its origin story helps explain why

Modern AI owes its existence to both cognitive and computer science. What you envision as its origin story can influence how you understand what large language models can do.

现代AI并非按规则检索答案的数据库，而是从认知科学中生长出来的、像大脑一样从样例中学习的系统。正因如此，它才会出现“幻觉”和同一问题答案不一等行为，理解这段起源有助于人们建立更准确的认知模型。