IM 889: We Are the Neanderthals - Why LLMs Fail at Complex Reasoning

This Week in Google (Video LO) by Leo Laporte

Sep 23, 20262:37:02Technology

Forget large language models. This episode uncovers a radically different approach to AI, where physics-guided reasoning and energy-based models are reshaping what machines can actually understand—and why that could unlo...

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