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Don't be fooled–LLMs don't reason

75 points · 159 comments · leopoldj

  1. themgt · · focus · HN ↗
    "Intelligence measures an agent's ability to achieve goals in a wide range of environments"

    Interestingly in 2019 this was the author's take. He now appears to be confusing/conflating between LLMs and agents in a way that helps argue his case about "System 1", but his prior view seems more metaphysically robust.

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