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MIT Technology Review argues LLMs don't truly 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 not to be misled by their apparently logical outputs. The piece is drawing attention on Hacker News, where commenters are debating whether models' step-by-step answers reflect real reasoning or sophisticated pattern matching.
Why now: Ongoing debate in the AI community about whether LLMs reason or merely imitate reasoning.
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Evidence
- Don't be fooled–LLMs don't reason · leopoldj · 67
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