Plinz: Defining 'thinking' to include humans but exclude LLMs is harder than you think
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-28
Plinz clarifies his position: he isn't claiming LLMs can think, but that a scientifically minded person cannot casually claim they can't — constructing a definition of thinking that captures human cognition while reliably excluding LLMs is simply too difficult. He argues the critique missed this core point.
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