SMRTR AIApr 23, 2026Hacker News

What Does AI Know?

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AI systems can pass medical exams and diagnose diseases, but ancient philosopher Aristotle would say they don't truly *know* anything — they only accumulate experience without understanding causes. Like Hume's pattern-matching mind, AI recognizes regularities without grasping *why* they exist, raising an uncomfortable question: do humans know as much as we think?

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