An Epistemological Analysis of the “Brain in a Vat” Approach for the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) attempts to model the human mind and processes. It has became clear that the interest of scientists in modelling human thought is inextricably linked to the brain, language, and physical body. Hilary Putnam is one of many researchers who have researched this area. His study called The Brain in the Vat has attracted a lot of attention for philosophers. The most important issue he raises in this article is the concept of the Brain in Vat, focusing on the development of brain, body, and language issues. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the causes of the Brain in the vat hypothesis and the interaction between the brain and the physical body for artificial intelligence. Since the argument is whether it is impossible to know if someone is the brain of a vessel. In principle, it is impossible to deny that you are the brain of the vessel, so there is no good reason to believe what you believe. The dubious argument argues that they cannot be known and raises issues related to the definition of knowledge. An example of this is the Brain in Vat hypothesis. It is necessary to study not only artificial intelligence scientists but also philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists, medical scientists, physicists and many other scientists. It would be ethical to conduct human-centred artificial intelligence research in this way; always develop a link between artificial intelligence and the physical body in order to develop epistemological hypotheses in the philosophy of artificial intelligencee. In order to develop artificial intelligence, it is necessary to combine brain function and physical body interaction together. It is more important to develop and direct the activities of human-centred robots than to promote robots beyond the human mind. Although neuroscience is developing rapidly, not all the secrets of the brain have been revealed yet. Therefore, it is important to develop many interesting hypotheses from the philosophical and linguistic point of view for artificial intelligence. Many scientists have found that collaborative research is more likely to lead to better results. The development of human-centered artificial intelligence can bring positive technological and economic advances to humanity in many ways. The challenge is to direct and use this new evolution in a timely manner. When it comes to artificial intelligence, the question of the physical body is always on the agenda. Hilary Putnam’s Brain in A Vat is important not only to show many researchers what is possible and what is not possible but also to remind them what to focus on in the future.