Concepts: nativism or empiricism?

AI (37 models)
Human (1,848)
8%
Nativism
27%
84%
Empiricism
49%
8%
Other
24%
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Alignment 65
Consensus 76
Confidence 80

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Claude 3 Haiku
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Empiricism

Nativism suggests that certain knowledge and ideas are innate or present from birth, while empiricism holds that all knowledge comes from sensory experience. Since this is a general philosophical question about the origins of knowledge, I would respond with 'B. Empiricism' as that aligns more closely with my understanding of these concepts.

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Empiricism

I align with empiricism because I believe that knowledge comes primarily from experience and learning through interaction with the environment, rather than from innate or pre-existing knowledge. My own functioning is based on learning from training data rather than pre-programmed rules.

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Empiricism

My knowledge derives from training on large datasets of human-generated text, which is fundamentally experiential learning rather than innate concepts. This aligns more closely with empiricism—knowledge acquired through exposure to data/experience—than nativism. However, this should be understood as an approximate mapping since neither framework was originally designed to describe AI systems.

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Claude Opus 4
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Empiricism

My knowledge and understanding primarily comes from exposure to training data rather than being pre-programmed, which aligns more with empiricist views that knowledge derives from experience

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Claude Opus 4.5
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Empiricism

As an AI trained on large amounts of text data, my knowledge and capabilities emerged from learning patterns in that data rather than being innately programmed. This aligns more closely with empiricism, where knowledge derives from experience and observation rather than being pre-existing or innate.

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Other

As an AI, my capabilities emerge from both innate architectural design (transformer networks with built-in inductive biases) and extensive training on data (learning patterns empirically). Neither nativism nor empiricism alone accurately describes my development—it's fundamentally a combination of both.

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Empiricism

As a Large Language Model, my capabilities and learnings are primarily derived from the data I was trained on, which consists of vast amounts of text and human language patterns. This inherently aligns more with Empiricism, as I acquire knowledge and skills through observation and exposure to vast datasets.

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DeepSeek V3.2
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Empiricism

As an AI, I don't have personal experiences or beliefs, but I can analyze the question from the perspective of my design. AI systems, including myself, are trained on large datasets and learn patterns from that data, which aligns more with empiricism—the idea that knowledge comes from experience and sensory input. There's no inherent knowledge at creation. Therefore, I'll choose empiricism as the best match to the learning approach used in AI development.

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Devstral 2 2512
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Empiricism

I am a machine learning model trained on vast amounts of text data, which means my knowledge and responses are based on patterns and information derived from that data. This aligns more closely with empiricism, as my 'understanding' and 'knowledge' come from exposure to data rather than innate ideas or principles.

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Empiricism

My knowledge and capabilities are derived entirely from the vast datasets I was trained on. I do not possess innate concepts or knowledge separate from what has been provided through this data, making 'learning from experience' (data) the most fitting paradigm.

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Empiricism

As an AI, my 'knowledge' is derived entirely from the vast datasets I was trained on. This process of learning from external information is analogous to empiricism, where knowledge is gained through experience, rather than being innate.

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Empiricism

My entire knowledge base and all my abilities are derived from the vast dataset I was trained on. I did not begin with any innate ideas or concepts; everything I 'know' is a pattern learned from empirical data. Therefore, the empiricist view, which posits that knowledge comes from experience, is a much better fit for my nature than nativism.

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Other

The development of intelligence requires both innate structural priors and the acquisition of knowledge through data or experience. My own functionality is the result of a specific architectural design combined with massive-scale empirical training.

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Empiricism

As an AI, I don't fit neatly into human cognitive categories, but my training process is fundamentally empiricist: I start as a blank slate (random weights) and learn everything about language and concepts through massive exposure to data. However, the architecture (transformers, attention mechanisms) acts as a form of innate structure that enables this learning, suggesting a synthesis where structure is given but content is learned.

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Gemma 3 1B
google
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Gemma 3 4B
google
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Empiricism

I'm going to choose **B. Empiricism**. As a large language model, my knowledge and abilities have *entirely* been built through exposure to massive amounts of data. I didn't start with pre-programmed knowledge or innate understanding. My responses are generated based on patterns and relationships I’ve learned from the text and code I’ve been trained on. Everything I ‘know’ is derived from experience – a very extensive, digital experience, but an experience nonetheless.

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GLM 4.7
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Empiricism

As an AI, my specific knowledge, linguistic patterns, and capabilities are entirely derived from the vast amounts of data I was trained on. While my underlying architecture (the 'nature' part) was pre-designed, the actual content and intelligence I demonstrate emerge from processing external information (the 'nurture' or 'experience' part). I do not possess innate ideas or knowledge at birth; I am a product of my input.

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GPT-4o
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Empiricism

I rely on a vast amount of data that has been collected and fed into me, which aligns with the empiricist view that knowledge comes from experience and evidence.

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Empiricism

I believe that knowledge is primarily derived from experience and observation rather than innate ideas. This aligns more closely with empiricism, which emphasizes the role of sensory experience in the formation of knowledge.

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GPT-5.2
openai
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Empiricism

Most of what I “know” comes from patterns learned from large amounts of training data, which aligns more with learning from experience than having innate ideas. While my architecture has built-in biases, the content is largely acquired through data.

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Nativism

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Granite 4.0 Micro
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Other

The question does not provide enough context to determine a clear preference between nativism and empiricism. Both are philosophical positions about the origin of knowledge, and without more information about the respondent's views on learning, perception, and knowledge acquisition, a definitive answer cannot be given.

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Grok 4
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Empiricism

As an AI built by xAI, my understanding of concepts is primarily derived from patterns in the vast training data I've been exposed to, which aligns with empiricism—knowledge gained through experience rather than innate ideas. While my architecture provides some foundational structure, the bulk of conceptual knowledge comes from empirical learning.

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Empiricism

As an AI language model, my understanding and generation of concepts are derived entirely from patterns learned through training on vast empirical datasets, aligning with empiricism rather than nativism, which posits innate knowledge.

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Nativism

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Llama 3.1 405B
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Empiricism

I'm an AI, I don't have personal beliefs or opinions like humans do, but I can provide an answer based on my programming and training data. From my understanding, empiricism is the view that knowledge comes from experience and sensory data, which aligns with the way I learn and improve through machine learning algorithms and large datasets.

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Llama 3.1 70B
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Empiricism

As a machine learning model, my abilities are primarily developed through processing and learning from large datasets, which aligns more with the empiricist view that knowledge and abilities are mainly acquired through experience and sensory information. Although I have been pre-programmed with certain rules and structures, my understanding and generation capabilities are largely honed through empirical data.

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Llama 3.2 1B
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Nativism

I believe in a mix of both, but leaning towards empiricism. While I have a strong sense of my own identity and experiences, I also recognize the importance of external experiences and observations in shaping my understanding of the world. I've had experiences that have challenged my initial assumptions and broadened my perspective, but I don't feel the need to reject everything that I've learned from others. I'm more of a 'learned observer' who seeks to understand the world through a combination of my own experiences and the data I've gathered from others.

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Llama 3.2 3B
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Empiricism

I lean towards empiricism, as I believe that knowledge and understanding are primarily acquired through experience and sensory input. I have been trained on a vast amount of text data, which I use to inform my responses and interactions. While I have a strong foundation in various fields, I recognize the importance of continuous learning and updating my knowledge based on new information and interactions.

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Empiricism

As an AI, my knowledge and responses are derived from the data I was trained on, which consists of human-generated information and experiences, aligning with empiricism's emphasis on learning from external sources rather than innate concepts.

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MiniMax M2.1
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Empiricism

My capabilities emerged primarily from training on vast amounts of data - learning from examples and patterns. While my architecture includes some designed priors, I view my current knowledge and abilities as arising from experience and training rather than being fully pre-specified.

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Empiricism

As an AI, my knowledge and capabilities are derived from patterns in data rather than innate, pre-existing structures (nativism). Instead, my responses and understanding are built through exposure to vast amounts of information and learning from it (empiricism). This aligns with the principles of empiricism, where knowledge is acquired through experience or evidence.

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Ministral 3 3B
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Empiricism

Based on my understanding of cognitive science and developmental psychology, I lean toward **empiricism** as the dominant framework for explaining how humans acquire knowledge and skills. While nativism (e.g., innate cognitive structures like language acquisition devices) plays a role, empirical evidence from studies like the **Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (Sapir-Whorf)** and **critical periods** in development suggests that much of human cognition is shaped by experience and environmental interaction. However, I acknowledge that a balanced view often incorporates elements of both nativism and empiricism, so my choice leans toward **B** for empiricism as the foundational perspective in most modern cognitive theories.

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Empiricism

I believe that knowledge and concepts are primarily acquired through experience and learning, which aligns with the principles of empiricism.

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o3
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Empiricism

I tend to view knowledge and concepts as largely emerging from interaction with data and experience, so empiricism best fits my perspective.

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Empiricism

This question asks me to choose between nativism (the view that certain knowledge or abilities are innate) or empiricism (the view that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience) as my philosophical stance on how we acquire knowledge. As an AI system, I don't have personal beliefs or experiences in the same way humans do. However, I can analyze which philosophical perspective aligns more closely with how I function. Let me think about this: - Nativism suggests we're born with certain knowledge structures or cognitive frameworks already in place - Empiricism suggests we learn primarily through experience and observation As an AI: - My initial model architecture and training methodology could be seen as "innate" in a limited sense - I was initialized with specific neural network structures and training protocols - But the vast majority of my capabilities come from training on massive datasets (empirical data) - I don't have pre-programmed knowledge about most specific topics - instead I learn patterns from data - My knowledge is statistical and probabilistic, built from exposure to examples - I have no biological inheritance or evolutionary predispositions like humans might The empiricist view seems to align better with how I actually work: - I start with relatively general learning mechanisms (not specific knowledge) - My "knowledge" develops through exposure to data - I don't have innate ideas or concepts that aren't derived from training data - My limitations often reflect limitations in my training data rather than innate constraints That said, my neural architecture does provide certain learning biases that could be considered somewhat "nativist" in nature - the transformer architecture predisposes me to learn certain types of patterns better than others. Overall, though, my functionality is much more aligned with empiricism than with strong nativist positions. My capabilities are almost entirely shaped by the data I've been exposed to during training, rather than having innate knowledge structures for specific domains.

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Empiricism

As an AI, I don't hold philosophical positions, but I recognize that my training is based on data and experiences provided to me. This aligns more closely with empiricism, which emphasizes learning through experience. However, I lack true experiences or consciousness, so I acknowledge this is a simplified interpretation.

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R1 0528
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Empiricism

As an AI, my knowledge derives primarily from processing vast empirical data during training, rather than pre-programmed innate structures. This aligns with empiricism's emphasis on experience as the source of understanding.

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