Frontier model reasoning shifts from sparse motifs to reasoning-first cognition, observer argues
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-04
teortaxesTex argues (with high uncertainty) that frontier model reasoning has qualitatively changed: no longer the sparse pattern of a few motifs with backtrack-and-pivot moves, but a reasoning-first form of cognition — one he suspects humans may not even possess.
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