The Problem of Apparently Irrational AI
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Published online on January 22, 2026
Abstract
Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 99-115, March 2026.
Contemporary AI confronts us with a puzzle: how can such impressive language models behave in such apparently irrational ways? Social scientists have long struggled with a similar puzzle when studying other cultures: how should we understand strange ...
Contemporary AI confronts us with a puzzle: how can such impressive language models behave in such apparently irrational ways? Social scientists have long struggled with a similar puzzle when studying other cultures: how should we understand strange ...