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20. Same reason I refuse to use AI when writing or researching . . .

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:11 AM

Feb 10

Once you've developed those muscles (so to speak) they're use or lose.

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Kick SheltieLover Feb 9 #1

Thanks! highplainsdem Feb 10 #16

Yw! SheltieLover Feb 10 #17

Is it accepted that generative AI reasons? Iris Feb 9 #2

Depends on the person EdmondDantes_ Feb 10 #8

The main problem is how to assess evidence. Happy Hoosier Feb 10 #23

Thank you for providing this context. Iris Thursday #30

The reasoning aspect is key. cachukis Feb 9 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Whiskeytide Feb 10 #10

I like your Spock/Kirk analogy, but then I thought ... Whiskeytide Feb 10 #11

I think Spock recognized humanity as a whole cloth. cachukis Feb 10 #24

I wonder how this affects ... rog Feb 9 #4

That's an issue that seems to be coming up again and again . . . hatrack Feb 10 #18

Same reason I refuse to use AI when writing or researching . . . hatrack Feb 10 #20

You may be missing my point ... rog Feb 10 #21

I just got back from an appointment with my vascular surgeon. rog Feb 10 #27

I wonder how Neuro-sama would do on the test sakabatou Feb 10 #6

In a way, this is a computerized version of odins folly Feb 10 #7

This explains why... purr-rat beauty Feb 10 #9

LLM's can't really reason. Happy Hoosier Feb 10 #22

You are using the language of the AI promoters. hunter Feb 10 #26

I work in software development. Such Anthropomorphic language is common. Happy Hoosier Feb 10 #29

AI expert Gary Marcus's response to that paper: highplainsdem Feb 10 #28