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Exploring the boundaries of synthetic intelligence: why mastering patterns could not equal real reasoning

Are LLMs able to reasoning?
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I’ve rarely identified a mathematician who was able to reasoning. — Plato

Reasoning attracts a conclusion, however doesn’t make the conclusion sure, except the thoughts discovers it by the trail of expertise. — Roger Bacon

Massive Language Fashions (LLMs) have proven exceptional capabilities, particularly for classical duties in pure language processing (resembling query answering). Surprisingly, they confirmed enchancment in advanced duties requiring reasoning (resembling coding and arithmetic). These capabilities have lengthy been thought-about unique to people. So claiming that LLMs can resolve duties that require reasoning has opened a heated debate.

Can Massive Language Fashions (LLMs) actually motive? Or are they simply subtle sample matchers?