I think one of the biggest mistakes we have made as an industry is conflating the words “AI” and “LLMs.” The irony is right there on the surface. Naming is one of the hardest things to do in software, and we’ve done it poorly for the primary tool of software.
By synthesizing concepts, do you mean combining them? I hope you’re not suggesting what that sounds like.
I will return to Carroll’s paper, but I still don’t see how it can prove anything, due to the paragraph I quoted.