AnalysisAI ModelsSeptember 20, 2026

Essay argues chat LLMs replicate a psychic's cold-reading con

Software Crisis essay contends the perceived intelligence of chat-based LLMs comes from the same mechanism as a psychic's cold reading, not from reasoning. Author says LLMs are a mathematical model of language tokens with no mechanism for thought, and calls many proposed use cases "borderline fraudulent pseudoscience."

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