Gary Marcus

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@littmath New situations is clearly the weakness in these approaches, and has been forever.

@colin_fraser has documented this endlessly, informally; I gave the intuitions behind that in 1998. The recent Apple reasoning paper, the studies of @MelMitchell1 and @rao2z etc reinforce it.

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5/17/2025, 11:14:55 PM

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Daniel Litt

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@GaryMarcus These seem fine.

Gary Marcus

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@littmath Under some definitions of intelligence, maybe. What’s yours?

Daniel Litt

@littmath

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I don’t know how you can use frontier models and hold onto beliefs like this. Not sure about “conscious,” but for any reasonable meaning of “intelligent,” LLMs are already intelligent.

The statement engages in a discussion about the limitations of AI models in handling new situations, referencing various studies and papers. It critiques the notion of intelligence in AI, suggesting that current models lack certain capabilities. The tone is analytical and references past work to support the argument.

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