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 LeCun

Evidence 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

Source

AI: Grappling with a New Kind of Intelligence | World Science FestivalWorld Science Festival
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:49:40 PM

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