Avigail Ferdman on AIs understand

Avigail Ferdman

Technology-ethics researcher and head of the Technology Ethics Lab at Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, focusing on AI and human flourishing.

One reason why AI cannot participate in the practices of common knowledge is that AI does not understand the way humans do.

AI Verified (May 7, 2026)

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Avigail Ferdman, “AI and Common Goods: An Uneasy Relationship,” Topoi, May 7, 2026. In this single-authored peer-reviewed article, Ferdman argues that AI cannot participate in common knowledge practices because it does not understand the way humans do.

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AI Verified The quote expressly says AI does not understand the way humans do, directly addressing whether AIs understand. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.2 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Ferdman states that AI does not understand as humans do; this supports the recorded against vote on ‘AIs understand.’ · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.2 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Ferdman’s Topoi article, published May 7, 2026, contains the exact sentence and is single-authored. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.2 · 20d ago

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