Understanding Conversational AI: Philosophy, Ethics, and Social Impact of Large Language Models

What do large language models really know-and what does it mean to live alongside them?

This book offers a critical and interdisciplinary exploration of large language models (LLMs), examining how they reshape our understanding of language, cognition, and society. Drawing on philosophy of language, linguistics, cognitive science, and AI ethics, it investigates how these models generate meaning, simulate reasoning, and perform tasks that once seemed uniquely human-from translation to moral ju...