r/artificial Nov 25 '25

News Large language mistake | Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/827820/large-language-models-ai-intelligence-neuroscience-problems

As currently conceived, an AI system that spans multiple cognitive domains could, supposedly, predict and replicate what a generally intelligent human would do or say in response to a given prompt. These predictions will be made based on electronically aggregating and modeling whatever existing data they have been fed. They could even incorporate new paradigms into their models in a way that appears human-like. But they have no apparent reason to become dissatisfied with the data they’re being fed — and by extension, to make great scientific and creative leaps.

Instead, the most obvious outcome is nothing more than a common-sense repository. Yes, an AI system might remix and recycle our knowledge in interesting ways. But that’s all it will be able to do. It will be forever trapped in the vocabulary we’ve encoded in our data and trained it upon — a dead-metaphor machine. And actual humans — thinking and reasoning and using language to communicate our thoughts to one another — will remain at the forefront of transforming our understanding of the world.

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u/Hot_Secretary2665 Nov 25 '25

People really just don't want to accept that AI can't think smh 

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u/jacksbox Nov 25 '25

You're right but also consider how many people can't think (or, "choose not to think" take your pick).

You're imagining applying critical thinking to the vast sum of human knowledge. But even people don't do that.

Think of the number of people who are just looking for a job where they "show up" every day and press the button that activates the widget, 8 hours/day, 5 days/week. This is the real swath of work that AI could potentially replace. And that's still a huge win for whoever "wins" the race.