Kyle Mahowald
Assistant professor in linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin who researches language and cognition and co-authored work on dissociating language and thought in large language models.
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Feb 11, 2026 • 32min
Brainwaves: Is AI actually thinking?
Meet Kyle Mahowald, a linguist studying language and cognition, and Melanie Mitchell, an AI and cognitive science author. They probe whether AI's language tricks mean it thinks. Short tests with jokes, differences between prediction and embodied understanding, and when it makes sense to call AI 'thinking' are discussed in lively, accessible conversation.
