Sebastien Bubeck Once Believed LLMs Couldn't Reason Beyond Training Data
IgorCarron · x · 2026-09-12
A resurfaced 2022 position from Sebastien Bubeck shows he then believed he could prove LLMs were architecturally incapable of reasoning beyond their training data.
Against today's rapid progress in LLM reasoning, that view has been overturned — a reminder of how surprising and unexpected recent advances have been, even to seasoned insiders.
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