Carl Feynman: chain of thought since 2022 is reasoning, critics should try modern LLMs
aran_nayebi · x · 2026-09-25
Carl Feynman pushes back on the "LLMs don't reason" take: chain of thought has existed in LLMs since January 2022 and is, for all practical purposes, reasoning. The models critics cite haven't been current for years — and he questions why people keep repeating claims that stopped being true, suggesting they simply haven't tried a cutting-edge AI recently.
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