_{Natural and Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis}

^CategoryLarge Language Models (LLMs)

AI Brain Chip loop. Artificial Intelligence rationality human quantum metrology mind circuit board. Neuronal network random access memory smart computer processor endorphins

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post

Gary Smith
Date
January 13, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
AI, AI Feynman, Anthropomorphize, Human intelligence, Judy Grabiner, Max Tegmark, Silviu-Marian Udrescu}

Computer Intelligence Versus Human Intelligence

_{Professor Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot he named ELIZA that conversed with users the way a psychotherapist might} _{Gary Smith
January 13, 2026

5

Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Even though the users knew they were interacting with a computer, many were convinced that the program had human-like intelligence and emotions and they happily shared their deepest feelings and most closely held secrets.

deepfake parrot - stochastic parrot for large language models and artificial intelligence technology

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Gary Smith
Date
January 5, 2026

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Featured, Large Language models as unreliable}

Large Language Models (LLMs) Are Inherently Frail and Unreliable

_{From my recent tests, things have not improved much. Even an apparent improvement did not last long. See for yourself} _{Gary Smith
January 5, 2026

7

Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Post-training might stabilize the responses to specific inquiries but then the bot can just go off the rails again, as my tests showed.

Shovel and pick axe in digital background / A concept of data mining

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post

Gary Smith
Date
January 1, 2026

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Correlation vs causation, Data Mining, Featured}

The Core Problem with Large Language Models

_{LLMs are inherently unreliable, which means that failures are not incidental, easily fixable glitches} _{Gary Smith
January 1, 2026

7

Large Language Models (LLMs)}

The data deluge exponentially increases the number of coincidental, useless statistical patterns — so the probability of useful patterns approaches zero.

Abstract Ai human's head wireframe with digital 0 and 1 background

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post

Doug Smith
Date
December 31, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
AI, chatbots, Halluciations, Reliability}

WHY DO CHATBOTS LEAD LEARNERS ASTRAY?

_{How interface‑level social cues encourage relational engagement with chatbots} _{Doug Smith
December 31, 2025

5

Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Big Tech’s signature exploitative strategies optimize for engagement, not for truth. By manipulating our behavioural psychology in this way, chatbots become top of mind when we have a question about anything, or just need a friend.

Trust Concept

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Doug Smith
Date
December 30, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
chatbots, education, Human Conversation, Surveillance, Trusting AI}

The serious limitations on what AI can do in education

_{Interrogating trust, power, and data governance in the era of neuro‑surveillance} _{Doug Smith
December 30, 2025

6

Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Have we become so accustomed to surveillance capitalism that we are completely blinded to the implications? Or has Big Tech become so trustworthy that we can trust them to handle the data of student brain states with benevolent intent?

tree monument valley - usa

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Gary Smith
Date
December 22, 2025

Categorized
Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Copilot (Microsoft), Featured, Gemini (Google), OpenAI, Sam Altman}

Is OpenAI Approaching the Valley of Death?

_{Overpromising is still a big problem; in any event, the fate of Netscape looms} _{Gary Smith
December 22, 2025

6

Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

OpenAI needs to show that ChatGPT is more than just the first publicly available LLM. It has not done that and maybe never will.

Programmer working on their professional development types on a laptop computer keyboard. Coding Language User Interface on Screens. Development of software and coding, ChatGPT AI and webdesign

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post

Doug Smith
Date
December 22, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLMs), Literacy, William A. Dembski}

Why I Respectfully Disagree With Bill Dembski on AI in Education

_{Are GenAI chatbots really the bridge over the gulf of our education crisis?} _{Doug Smith
December 22, 2025

5

Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Dr. Dembski wants us to use technology with wisdom. I share his broader goal, but not the use of generative AI chatbots to get there.

LLM, AI Large Language Model concept. Businessman use tablet and laptop with LLM icons. A language model distinguished by its general-purpose language generation capability. Chat AI.

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post

Brendan Dixon
Date
December 18, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
ChatGPT, Featured, Gary Marcus, Hallucination (AI), Owain Evans}

The Chatbots’ Most Dangerous Correlations

_{To give these machines blind trust really is the case of the blind leading the blind, and that is not likely to end well} _{Brendan Dixon
December 18, 2025

5

Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)}

When you prompt an LLM, the entire conversation acts as a prompt driving the reply. Thus your prompt can push the LLM in unforeseen, unintended directions.

AI Global Network: A Blue Vision of Future Technology

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post

Jeffrey Funk
Date
December 17, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
AI Hype Cycle, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Tech Bubble}

The Generative AI Bubble Has Begun to Pop

_{From hype to hard realities in the age of artificial intelligence} _{Jeffrey Funk
December 17, 2025

10

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Recently, talk of a bubble has increased as it has become clear that OpenAI, and likely other AI software companies, may never become profitable.

Evil AI agent robot hacking

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post

Richard W. Stevens
Date
November 27, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Law

Tagged
Featured, Google chatbot, Libel, Robby Starbuck, Slander, Starbuck lawsuit vs Google}

Does It Matter WHY a Chatbot Slanders You?

_{Google’s AI chatbot service blames users’ questions and unfixable software for the bot’s shocking defamation of a man’s character} _{Richard W. Stevens
November 27, 2025

5

Large Language Models (LLMs), Law}

Chatbots aren’t necessities. Meanwhile, long-esteemed laws and rules of conduct forbade slander and libel because they can seriously harm people.

City skyline, shrouded in a thick layer of fog. Elevated aerial view reveals numerous high-rise buildings emerging from a dense cloud cover. A clear, pale blue sky is visible above the clouds

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post

Jeffrey Funk
Date
November 18, 2025

Categorized
Business and Finance, Economics, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Ed Zitron, Featured, Graphical process units (GPUs), Hallucination in Large Language Models (LLMs), OpenAI economics}

A Lack of Transparency Threatens AI — and the American Economy

_{Even the Wall Street Journal does not appear to understand the nature of the looming problems} _{Jeffrey Funk
November 18, 2025

7

Business and Finance, Economics, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

AI software startups should be required to release audited numbers so that we can at least understand the current state of the AI economy.

A child holding a tablet with a chatbot interface on the screen, showing colorful icons and a cheerful robot character.

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post

Doug Smith
Date
November 16, 2025

Categorized
Addiction, Education, Large Language Models (LLMs), Religion

Tagged
Chatbot addiction, Children and LLMs (chatbots), George Barna, Jay Owen, Raising Spiritual Champions (2023), Unintentional (book)}

Kids and Chatbots: How Dissenting Views Got Me Disinvited

_{As a lifelong software engineer, I am an insider on a topic like this and I know that their programming makes them unsuitable for children} _{Doug Smith
November 16, 2025

7

Addiction, Education, Large Language Models (LLMs), Religion}

I also believe that their programmed tendency to lead to addictive relationships makes them unsuitable for adults as well but that’s another topic.

The skill to dissect complex data, recognize patterns, and make logical decisions based on relationships and cause-effect.

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Gary Smith
Date
November 14, 2025

Categorized
Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Causation vs. correlation, James Somers, Mutual funds and AI, Will Rogers phenomenon}

Illusions: No, Large Language Models Do Not Understand

_{A recent New Yorker article is mistaken about this. For one thing, the LLMs have trouble distinguishing between causation and mere correlation} _{Gary Smith
November 14, 2025

6

Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

A real-world example of such struggles is the poor performance, in general, of AI-powered mutual funds.

Courtroom symbolizes law and authority through a judgment gavel

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post

Richard W. Stevens
Date
November 10, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Law

Tagged
AI and defamation, Chatbots and defamation, Featured, Frederick Riehl, Hallucination in Large Language Models (LLMs), Libel law, Mark Walters, OpenAI and defamation, SAF v. Ferguson, Walters v. OpenAI}

Case Study: How Not to Sue AI for Libel

_{Richard W. Stevens
November 10, 2025

6

Large Language Models (LLMs), Law}

I personally favor modernizing the civil laws against libel and defamation to take into account the type of injuries that chatbots can inflict.

A futuristic eco-city with verdant vegetation and a glowing green energy source situated atop a giant computer chip in a detailed urban landscape vision.

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post

Doug Smith
Date
November 9, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Religion

Tagged
C.S. Lewis (1898‒1965), Gloo, Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), Pat Gelsinger, That Hideous Strength (book 1945), Tool trope, Tower of Babel}

Should Christians Harness AI Chatbots As a Force For Good? Part 2

_{The claims being made for what these bots can do for ministry would lead us into dangerous territory} _{Doug Smith
November 9, 2025

8

Large Language Models (LLMs), Religion}

We need to remember what Christian thinkers like C.S. Lewis and Marshall McLuhan have thought and said about technology-driven utopias.

Futuristic Scholar teen Girl in School Ambience, generative ai

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post

William A. Dembski
Date
November 4, 2025

Categorized
Education, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Ben Carson, Computer chess, Defying Low Expectations (book 2025), Jaime Escalante, Teacher role}

A Non-Transhumanist Vision for AI in Education

_{Bill Dembski describes this new approach as amounting to edification rather than enhancement} _{William A. Dembski
November 4, 2025

6

Education, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

AI should be used as a way of honing students’ skills and knowledge, helping them learn more effectively than before.

Woman chained to a laptop, symbolizing internet and social media addiction. Generated by AI

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post

Doug Smith
Date
November 2, 2025

Categorized
Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Mental health, Relationships

Tagged
Gloo, Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman, Pat Gelsinger, Tool trope}

Should Christians Harness AI Chatbots As A Force For Good? Part 1

_{In response to claims from a Christian ministry, as a Christian software developer, I offer some serious cautions} _{Doug Smith
November 2, 2025

6

Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Mental health, Relationships}

A technology like generative AI, which deceives us by feeling person-like, harms us in ways that are categorically different from any other.

Will Rogers

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post

Gary Smith
Date
October 30, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
ChatGPT-5, Featured, Scaling as concept}

Scaling Up is Not Going to Make Large Language Models Intelligent

_{ChatGPT-5 misunderstood the jab in a simple Will Rogers joke five out of six times} _{Gary Smith
October 30, 2025

7

Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Bigger data centers are not going to change the harsh reality that LLMs are prone to generating unreliable blather.

Chat GPT Artificial Intelligence copy writing bot by Open AI. Robot for student homework, education.

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post

Gary Smith
Date
October 28, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Autocomplete, Copilot, DeepSeek, Featured, Gemini 2.5, GPT-5, Sonnet 4.5}

Large Language Models: Inconsistent Because They’re Unintelligent

_{Here’s what happened when I tested popular LLMs on student exercise questions I have been using for over fifty years} _{Gary Smith
October 28, 2025

10

Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Claims that an LLM is intelligent don’t square with the fact that it may answer a question one way and, a few seconds later, simply contradict itself.

AIdriven chatbots assisting customer service, automated communication, concept

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post

Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 25, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Common Crawl, Deepak Varuvel Dennison, Erdos problems, Gary Marcus, Greg Ip, OpenAI, Sebastien Bubeck, Stack Overflow}

Will Reliance on AI Mean a Vast Drop in New Knowledge Production?

_{Dependence on AI assistants, for example, was found to greatly reduce discussion among peers, where new ideas are offered and evaluated} _{Denyse O'Leary
October 25, 2025

5

Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Ultimately, the AI knowledge system will be enriched or impoverished by human decisions, not by discovering a superintelligence.