Mastodon user questions if LLMs can truly think

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-07-23 19:15

A user on Mastodon posed the question of whether Large Language Models (LLMs) can think, suggesting that most people they interact with would uncontroversially agree that LLMs cannot. The post invites discussion and opinions on the nature of intelligence and cognition in relation to AI. AI

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Mastodon user questions if LLMs can truly think

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I'm fairly sure most folks I interact with would agree with the statement "LLMs cannot think." pretty uncontroversially. Here's a question for you, though: how

I'm fairly sure most folks I interact with would agree with the statement "LLMs cannot think." pretty uncontroversially. Here's a question for you, though: how do we feel about this statement? Brains cannot think. (Comments and shares encouraged.) # poll # llm # llms # ai # brain…

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I'm fairly sure most folks I interact with would agree with the statement "LLMs cannot think." pretty uncontroversially. Here's a question for you, though: how

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