Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence?

When an LLM replies to a prompt, is it performing genuine reasoning or merely simulating it? Quanta Magazine reports that Melanie Mitchell at the Santa Fe Institute says we still lack reliable ways to measure machine thinking. That uncertainty shapes how much we can trust AI, how closely we must monitor it, and the kinds of real‑world effects it may produce. The conversation pushes us to ask what intelligence truly means.

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