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In reply to the discussion: As someone who must use AI daily for coding for work, when people try to convince me that AI can't "think"? [View all]

WhiskeyGrinder

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6. Posts like these tell me as much about what people think about thinking as they do about AI.
Reply to AZJonnie (Original post)
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:05 AM
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because it just did in 2 minutes what it would take me 2 hours to implement myself
Two hours to come up with the answer? Or two hours to code these formulas?

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As someone who must use AI daily for coding for work, when people try to convince me that AI can't "think"? [View all] AZJonnie Apr 13 OP
Thank you for sharing your experience. Drum Apr 13 #1
Im sorry, Dave ... msongs Tuesday #2
I have had similar experiences with AI Disaffected Tuesday #3
Due to the hype around Large Language Models,... LudwigPastorius Tuesday #4
AI is the devil. Scrivener7 Tuesday #5
Posts like these tell me as much about what people think about thinking as they do about AI. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #6
Code for the queries and converting data into graphs and getting the graphs on the page showing how I want it to AZJonnie Tuesday #9
Yes, if you cherry-pick responses, you can convince yourself genAI models are actually thinking. Especially highplainsdem Tuesday #7
I used to see this all the time, but with the latest models of Claude and Gemini AZJonnie Tuesday #11
Oh my! Exemplifying the horrors of Imitation Intelligence in defense of it. hunter Tuesday #8
AI does not "think." Sorry. The structure of it is composed of "neurons," but it does not think logically. Oneironaut Tuesday #10
The bright side could be pretty bright gulliver Tuesday #12
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