Neil deGrasse Tyson says AI 'knows everything, understands nothing' — and gets mocked
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-10-07
Neil deGrasse Tyson posted that he has 'come to conclude that A.I. knows everything, yet understands nothing,' prompting ridicule from AI practitioners like Wade TownsendMan, who called it a 'midwit science guy stating the obvious a year after everyone with a clue figured it out.' A snapshot of the recurring 'LLMs don't understand' debate as AI-circle banter.
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