Re:LLMs' "simulated reasoning" abilities are a brittle mirage
by hooskerdu on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:47AM
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Reminds me of a number of grad students I knew who could “talk circles” around all sorts of subjects but failed to ever be able to apply anything.
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Re:LLMs' "simulated reasoning" abilities are a brittle mirage
by Terr_ on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:50AM
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Heh, but just because a human can fail at something doesn't mean everything that fails at it is human. :p
Re:LLMs' "simulated reasoning" abilities are a brittle mirage
by og_kalu on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:37PM
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Right, but if you're saying that something is 'incapable of reasoning' because of a failure mode also found in humans, then either humans are 'incapable of reasoning' or you concede that failure mode isn't a justification for that gross assertion. You can't have it both ways.