Passed-around take: you're better off treating LLMs as brute-force tools
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-25
A take by Ahmad Osman being recirculated argues you're better off thinking about LLMs as brute-force tools rather than reasoning agents. The original post links out for details, but the framing touches on ongoing debate about LLM capability limits versus agent narratives.
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