{"id":202904,"date":"2026-04-07T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/ai-can-describe-human-experiences-but-lacks-experience-in-an-actual-body-ucla-researchers-say-understanding-this-body-gap-may-matter-for-safety-psychiatry\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:00:30","slug":"ai-can-describe-human-experiences-but-lacks-experience-in-an-actual-body-ucla-researchers-say-understanding-this-body-gap-may-matter-for-safety-psychiatry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/ai-can-describe-human-experiences-but-lacks-experience-in-an-actual-body-ucla-researchers-say-understanding-this-body-gap-may-matter-for-safety-psychiatry\/","title":{"rendered":"AI can describe human experiences but lacks experience in an actual \u2018body.\u2019 UCLA researchers say understanding this \u2018body gap\u2019 may matter for safety &#8211; Psychiatry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclahealth.org\/news\/release\/ai-can-describe-human-experiences-lacks-experience-actual\">AI can describe human experiences but lacks experience in an actual \u2018body.\u2019 UCLA researchers say understanding this \u2018body gap\u2019 may matter for safety &#8211; Psychiatry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclahealth.org\/news\/release\/ai-can-describe-human-experiences-lacks-experience-actual\">https:\/\/www.uclahealth.org\/news\/release\/ai-can-describe-human-experiences-lacks-experience-actual<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-07 07:59:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.uclahealth.org\">www.uclahealth.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are six key points regarding the UCLA Health study on artificial intelligence systems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Bodily Experience in Human Brain Function<\/strong>: The brain&#8217;s complex functionality during simple actions, like reaching for salt across a table, involves a lifetime of bodily experience and social awareness which humans naturally integrate in a fraction of a second.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Limited Abilities of Current AI Systems<\/strong>: Contemporary advanced AI systems lack the bodily mechanisms and internal awareness that humans use to interact with and understand the physical world, according to UCLA Health researchers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Concept of Internal Embodiment<\/strong>: The study proposes the concept of &#8220;internal embodiment,&#8221; 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