Manning: AI absorbed 2,000 years of knowledge but still learns far worse than humans
chrmanning · x · 2026-09-17
Stanford professor Christopher Manning argues today's LLMs look impressive largely because they've absorbed 2,000+ years of human knowledge into one giant neural net, but that's exploiting human learning rather than discovering knowledge. The secret of human intelligence is learning speed — a few examples suffice for humans, where current AI still falls far short.
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