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Apple's Paper Questions AI Models' True Reasoning Abilities

6/14/2025

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Apple's provocative paper, "The Illusion of Thinking," asserts that large reasoning models (LRMs) like those from OpenAI and Google merely mimic patterns instead of genuine reasoning. Critics point to methodological flaws, arguing that token limitations, not cognitive failures, are to blame. A rebuttal, co-authored by an LLM, underscores the critical role of evaluation design in AI assessments.

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Apple's provocative paper, "The Illusion of Thinking," asserts that large reasoning models (LRMs) like those from OpenAI and Google merely mimic patterns instead of genuine reasoning. Critics point to methodological flaws, arguing that token limitations, not cognitive failures, are to blame. A rebuttal, co-authored by an LLM, underscores the critical role of evaluation design in AI assessments.