When Calculation Looks Like Understanding We live in an era where artificial intelligence writes essays, diagnoses illnesses, composes symphonies, and engages in conversation. To many, it appears almost indistinguishable from human intelligence. But beneath the surface, there is a fundamental difference: AI does not know , it predicts . It does not understand ; it correlates . It does not feel ; it calculates . Where humans know the world through lived experience, emotion, me