Reasoning is present in language models, but it's difficult to determine whether the model is performing emulated reasoning based on human-written reasoning in training data or developing reasoning independently, and since humans also learn reasoning by reading about it, this distinction may be philosophically unclear.

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Yoshi Bach

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difficult...to figure out whether reasoning is emulation...or something the system inferred...humans...read about reasoning

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Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans | Lex Fridman Podcast #392Lex Fridman
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:46:33 AM

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