Essays
Longer-form arguments about latent reasoning, each scored against what has happened since.
Essays that made a datable bet about where reasoning happens, early enough that the bet can now be scored.
| Essay | Date | Verdict |
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Remind Me Again Why Large Language Models
Can’t Think Peter Cotton · original |
Apr 2023 | Argued the minority side against a polled 80% consensus that language models cannot think, and the consensus moved. Its two-map model of speech as a doubly noisy observation of internal structure has worn better than the verdict it was defending. |