> I suspect that "understand" may not be the correct word here,
There's no other word for what's going on. The inputs and resulting outputs show something indistinguishable from understanding.
If we choose to define "understanding" as some deeper internal process well that's a deadend because we don't even know the meaning of the term "understanding" from the context of the human brain.
So more or less from the inputs and the outputs there's only one word that describes what's going on. It "understands" you.
I suspect the sensation of understanding is a biological response to a level of confidence in the evaluation of some neural process. To that extent it’s perception is illusory, and often occurs in the absence of what anyone who knows the subject would term a true understanding.
There's no other word for what's going on. The inputs and resulting outputs show something indistinguishable from understanding.
If we choose to define "understanding" as some deeper internal process well that's a deadend because we don't even know the meaning of the term "understanding" from the context of the human brain.
So more or less from the inputs and the outputs there's only one word that describes what's going on. It "understands" you.