LLMs are like a tiny model of the brain's Wernicke and Broca areas (language processing regions) but lack all the other brain systems; they are not general intelligence but highly specialized language manipulation systems that cannot do the work of the rest of the brain.
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Yan LeCunEvidence Quote
“you could think of them as a model of a piece of the brain but piece of the brain would be the verik area and the B area which are like tiny little pieces of the brain”
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AI: Grappling with a New Kind of Intelligence | World Science Festival— World Science FestivalCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:49:40 PM
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