AI’s not ‘reasoning’ at all - how this team debunked the industry hype www.zdnet.com/article/a…

Researchers just got very specific about what a language model’s ‘chain of thought’ is actually doing.

ZDNET’s key takeaways:

• We don’t entirely know how AI works, so we ascribe magical powers to it.
• Claims that Gen AI can reason are a “brittle mirage.”
• We should always be specific about what AI is doing and avoid hyperbole.