On Knowing and Understanding
The American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is associated with the phrase “to understand what others only know”. But what is the difference between knowing and understanding? This talk explores the question through three perspectives: Spinoza’s 17th-century ideas on kinds of knowledge, Graham Wallas’s stages of the creative process, and Margaret Boden’s recent work on types of creativity. These approaches open up a timely question: can generative AI truly understand – or does it only know?
On Knowing and Understanding
August 29 @ 14:00 - 14:45
The American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is associated with the phrase “to understand what others only know”. But what is the difference between knowing and understanding? This talk explores the question through three perspectives: Spinoza’s 17th-century ideas on kinds of knowledge, Graham Wallas’s stages of the creative process, and Margaret Boden’s recent work on types of creativity. These approaches open up a timely question: can generative AI truly understand – or does it only know?
