Hinton: humans aren't reasoning machines, we're 'great big analogy machines'
FlorianGallwitz · x · 2026-11-04
Geoffrey Hinton argues AI is forcing a rethink of what human intelligence actually is. Most people assume we reason with logic, he says, but "we're much less rational than we thought" — humans have only a thin layer of reasoning on top and "basically use analogies to think." He frames this as an even bigger shift still to come.
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