[GoLUG] LLMs can't reason

[Ron]

Steve Litt wrote on 2025-06-10 13:11:

> I could easily make the argument that human beings can't reason.
> Humans use different mental tools than LLMs, but I would say that
> for questions asked in text form, LLMs' reasoning is well above the 
> reasoning of the median human.
> 
> Let's compare the LLM to the guy next door on his afternoon's third
> can of King Cobra, rathern than comparing it to Isaac Newton or
> Albert Einstein.

Well said, cannot agree more.


The fact that LLMs are asked to do things that are inappropriate for an
LLM isn't a strike against LLMs, but against those pesky humans.



>>> "https://youtu.be/biUfMZ2dts8?si=3DpXpPfn3-htuPHKPJ"
>> 
>> I question some of his assumptions: mainly around the 12 minute
>> mark, he seems to deny or wave away spiritual (supernatural)
>> reality.

I didn't watch the video, but since things asserted without evidence can 
be dismissed without evidence, waving away spiritual / supernatural 
phenomena should be the default position, no?

Burden of proof, etc.