Michael Woolridge
Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Oxford, offering critical perspective on large language models and advocating for embodied and world-model approaches.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 29min
Are Large Language Models a Dead End?
Michael Woolridge, Oxford AI professor critiquing LLMs as predictive hacks. Jeff Hawkins, neuroscientist behind Thousand Brains Project building brain-inspired, sensory-motor AI. They debate LLM limits, embodiment, world models, reference frames and sensory-driven learning. Short, spirited conversations explore alternatives to text-only approaches and how real-world understanding might be achieved.
