Judge AI based on Output, Not Mechanism

The speaker introduces an AI-generated blues version of Eminem's "Without Me" from the 1950s to challenge the notion that AI lacks understanding. He argues that if music evokes emotion and if AI can produce outputs that would require understanding and intelligence if created by a human, then AI possesses those qualities. The speaker defines understanding as the ability to interpret a task and achieve an acceptable result, which he asserts AI clearly demonstrates across various domains. He concludes that judging AI capabilities by their observable outputs, rather than by an inability to pinpoint "understanding" within its internal mechanisms (a problem also present in understanding human brains), provides a more accurate assessment of its intelligence.