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William Seger

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6. One serious limit: AI bots are completely incapable of actual logic

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 12:15 PM

5 hrs ago

When AI bots imitate human speech, they might sound perfectly logical, but that's really just accidental and definitely not guaranteed. Actual logic requires evaluating the soundness of premises and the logical validity of conclusions (in the sense that they cannot be false if the premises are true), NEITHER of which AI bots are capable of.

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An AI pioneer says the technology is 'limited' and won't replace humans anytime soon [View all] BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP

If it don't make pizza, it ain't worth nothing. /nt bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #1

Might I add that you can only divide the pie of potential users so far. There is no way all of these data flashman13 5 hrs ago #2

In the end I think what you'll see is Amazo, Microsoft and Google be the dominant three. cstanleytech 5 hrs ago #4

In the end the big guys will gobble up everyone else for pennies on the dollar. flashman13 5 hrs ago #5

Well I got agree there as when it comes to writing they are extremely limited. cstanleytech 5 hrs ago #3

Yep. not fooled 3 hrs ago #7

Even it's factual questions can be flawed so you should always verify as some Trump lawyers are learning right now. cstanleytech 1 hr ago #14

So don't use AI for writing. Anything you write with it isn't your work anyway and can't be copyrighted. highplainsdem 1 hr ago #11

I don't, I have tested it out though and it's just not at the point where it'll replace a human being. cstanleytech 1 hr ago #13

One serious limit: AI bots are completely incapable of actual logic William Seger 5 hrs ago #6

While he's correct, it doesn't matter. Shipwack 3 hrs ago #8

AI isn't really that much intelligence (for now at least), it is automation on steroids ToxMarz 3 hrs ago #9

I heard the same thing from an industry insider mdbl 2 hrs ago #10

The venture capital bubble may burst, but that's not going to stop the research. LudwigPastorius 1 hr ago #12

That article is nothing but pro-AI hype from someone incapable of being objective about AI. He's highplainsdem 1 hr ago #15