Blogger calls 'AI can't generalize' assumption ridiculous: models already recognize patterns
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-12
Andy Masley pushes back on the increasingly common blanket claim that AI can't pick up on some deeper level of general patterns. He argues models clearly already recognize broad patterns, and that the 'AI can't think' position boils down to 'it lacks a homunculus in its head' — an argument with nothing substantive behind it.
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