Idle/Random/whatever Thoughts of a Demented/Idle/Whatever Mind

1.  The Illusion of Thinking  - A recent paper from Apple's Machine Learning Research team challenges the idea that Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) can truly "think." The researchers argue that current methods for evaluating these models, which often use standard math and coding problems, are flawed due to potential data contamination and a focus on final answers rather than the reasoning process. Using controllable puzzles to test the models, the study found that even the most advanced LRMs experience a complete collapse in accuracy when the problem's complexity passes a certain point. Counterintuitively, as problems became more difficult, the models' "thinking" effort decreased, suggesting they "give up" rather than reason more deeply. The research identifies a significant gap between mimicking thought-like patterns and genuine, scalable reasoning, questioning the true capabilities of current AI.   My Take : Thinking is a complex p...