• Title: Understanding Conversational AI: Philosophy, Ethics, and Social Impact of Large Language Models
• Author(s) Thierry Poibeau
• Publisher: Ubiquity Press (2026); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): Creative Commons License (CC)
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• eBook: PDF and Read Online
• Language: English
• ISBN-10/ASIN: B0H9ZJ88J4
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Book Description

What do large language models really know-and what does it mean to live alongside them? This book offers a critical and interdisciplinary exploration of large language models (LLMs), examining how they reshape our understanding of language, cognition, and society.

• Thierry Poibeau is a Director of Research at CNRS and an Affiliated Lecturer at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (DTAL) of the University of Cambridge.

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