They understand. Anything able to reason about any arbitrary request and form a ...

		squidbeak 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Surprisingly fast AI-generated kernels we didn't m... They understand. Anything able to reason about any arbitrary request and form a plan tailored to that request understands well enough to qualify for the verb. The mechanism behind it may feel hollow or fake. But if its responses reliably show understanding, the LLM understands - by any ordinary measure.

Rote learning is a term that exists which specifically punctures this output oriented measurement of understanding.