Understanding Conversational AI
Philosophy, Ethics, and Social Impact of Large Language Models
Publisher:Ubiquity Press
By: Thierry Poibeau
Open Access
|Dec 2025
Table of contents
Introduction. Speaking machines, thinking humans
Latent linguistics: the conception of language in large language models
From the design of large language models to a reassessment of linguistic theory
Large language models and the future of writing
Large language models and reasoning, the boundaries of mind and consciousness
Large language models and creativity
Moral reasoning and synthetic judgment in large language models
Large language models and critical thinking: bias, social impact, and political implications
Disinformation, misinformation, and the crisis of trust in AI-generated content
Ethics at scale
Conclusion. Thinking with machines
Annex. The architecture and training of large language models
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PDF ISBN: 978-1-914481-71-0 | E-Pub ISBN: 978-1-914481-72-7 | Hardback ISBN: 978-1-914481-70-3 | Mobi ISBN: 978-1-914481-73-4 | DOI: 10.5334/bde
Publisher: Ubiquity Press
Copyright owner: Ubiquity Press
Publication date: 2025
Language: English
Pages: 270
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