What is the nature of a thought?

Let's define thoughts as that internal voice and visions we have before we express our selves through words or writing.<br><br><br>It's clear to most, that we don't control thoughts. You can decide to do something, but a thought that occurs to you, occurs to you. You don't have control over what thoughts you have, only what you do with that information. <br><br><br>With the advent of AI language model's we are at a fork in the road in how we understand thought and cognition. <br><br><br>Old school understanding of thought is that it's a natural biological process that's biological in nature and that's how we can understand it. It's like how a six cylinder engine works. <br><br><br>Where as, the new school view holds that thoughts aren't biological in nature, but rather just a bunch of information that gets manipulated and filtered. It's like what happens in a Dell server. <br><br><br>In the old school view thoughts can't just happen to you. The thoughts that you have are a result of who you are as a person. If you're mentally ill, it's your fault because you could be better if you wanted to. <br><br><br>In the new school view thoughts can just happen to you. You have no control over what thoughts you have. Thoughts just happen to you, but you have control over what thoughts you entertain and know. <br><br><br>So then, what is the nature of a thought?<br>Is it biological or computational?