Philosopher slams rationalist writing as word games resembling LLM output without concepts
examachine · x · 2026-09-20
Philosopher Josh Hochschild quote-posted Bentham's Bulldog to argue that this style of argument is neither philosophy nor practical moral reasoning, let alone rationalism. He calls it "a strange kind of word game" that only seems coherent if you don't think about what it means — like a crude LLM logically connecting strings of symbols with no real conceptual content. The analogy between online rationalist writing and LLM output is sparking debate in both philosophy and AI circles.
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