… that argues reasoning models were most likely mimicking the data they saw in training rather than actually solving new problems.
2024-12-21, The Wall Street Journal, “The Next Great Leap in AI is behind schedule and crazy expensive”
At least the subheading got it right (“behind schedule and crazy expensive”). But really, does anybody believe that AI is actually solving new problems? That it is doing something more than just mimicking its inputs? AI researchers are just building ELIZA with more hidden layers, so nobody can tell exactly what is going to happen.
But, that was in the 1960s, so I’m guessing that didn’t happen for them, and in any case just doesn’t matter for their “high-complexity” models.