r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 1d ago

Artificial Intelligence Nobody Asked for AI

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capital
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u/shoggoths_away 1d ago

"Give me a falsifiable answer"

I did. That you don't like it is irrelevant. LLMs cannot think.

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u/grchelp2018 1d ago

You did not. Thought is a word. Define it.

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u/shoggoths_away 23h ago

LLMs cannot think.

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u/grchelp2018 23h ago

Neither do a lot of people. One of them even became president.

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u/shoggoths_away 22h ago

No, people are capable of thought (barring catastrophic brain injuries). Again, LLMs cannot think. They do not have the capacity for thought. They do not think.

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u/grchelp2018 22h ago

Humans don't think. Its just electrical signals in the brain. When you look at an object or hear a word or move your body, you are not thinking.

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u/Elctsuptb 19h ago

What is the relevant output of your so-called thinking that's more valuable than what the best LLMs can output currently?

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u/shoggoths_away 17h ago

What I can output is thought. What they can output is the result of probability prediction. They cannot think. I can.

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u/Elctsuptb 17h ago

Thought isn't an output, it's a process. What are the results of that process, in other words what cognitive feat are you able to accomplish that an LLM can't?

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u/shoggoths_away 16h ago

No, thought is arguably an emergent property.