[ExI] Do AI models reason or regurgitate?

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Do AI models reason or regurgitate?
The case for why AI systems are not merely “stochastic parrots.”
Louis Rosenberg    January 14, 2026

In this op-ed, computer scientist Louis Rosenberg argues that growing
evidence suggests that advanced AI systems don’t just memorize
patterns in text — they also form internal models that represent the
concepts behind the words.
The best evidence that frontier models are not merely “parrots,”
Rosenberg argues, is the many studies that suggest AI systems can
solve problems that do not exist in their training datasets.
Rosenberg works as the chief scientist and CEO at Unanimous AI.

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