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Don't be fooled — LLMs don't actually reason

Original: Don't be fooled–LLMs don't reason

MIT Technology Review has published an argument that large language models do not genuinely reason, warning readers against being fooled into attributing real logical thinking to these systems. The piece, drawing attention on Hacker News where it ranked near the top, is fuelling ongoing debate among technologists about whether AI systems truly reason or merely reproduce patterns from training data.

Why now: Renewed public debate over whether large language models genuinely reason or only mimic reasoning

MIT Technology Reviewlarge language modelsHacker News

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