Reddit debate: was the "it just predicts the next word" AI narrative pushed on purpose?
MustBeSomethingThere · reddit · 2026-09-23
A Reddit poster asks why the "glorified autocomplete" narrative persists despite emergent properties and internal representations we can't explain — and whether it's intentional, since admitting we don't know if these systems are conscious might trigger an ontological crisis in the public.
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