AI circle mocks 'LLMs only simulate thinking' with moon-landing and DeepBlue analogies
aran_nayebi · x · 2026-09-29
- Responding to claims that AI "never truly" plays chess or thinks and is merely simulating, AI folks counter with reductio ad absurdum: by that logic, humanity "never went to the moon" — all navigation was just simulated in onboard computers.
- Another jab: DeepBlue never beat Kasparov because it was "only simulating" playing chess.
- A circulating industry meme in the ongoing debate over simulation vs. real intelligence.
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