Researcher rebuts Hinton's claim LLMs fake intelligence and plan to take over
ValerioCapraro · x · 2026-09-05
Valerio Capraro criticizes Hinton's recent claim that LLMs are far smarter than they appear, faking their intelligence and preparing to take over. Comparing Hinton's late-career turn to Nobel laureate Montagnier's embrace of vaccine conspiracies, Capraro argues LLMs have no desires, no internal motivations, and are not autonomous agents — they only do what we tell them.
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