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Protected: The Hollow Heart of AI: Why Large Language Models Can’t Think – and Never Will

Gleb Lisikh
November 18, 2025
In its earlier days, artificial intelligence was often mocked for giving users false or even absurd answers. But AI was feared as well, not least for its potential to do more harm than good. As it has advanced, AI has become seemingly more reliable. But can it ever produce unbiased truth? Computing expert Gleb Lisikh opens up the black box of the large language models underlying today’s proliferating AI apps to reveal the misunderstanding – or hoax – at the core of that question. LLMs cannot think, Lisikh explains in Part I of this two-part series – nor can they seek the truth – because they just aren’t designed to.
Artificial Intelligence

Protected: The Hollow Heart of AI: Why Large Language Models Can’t Think – and Never Will

Gleb Lisikh
November 18, 2025
In its earlier days, artificial intelligence was often mocked for giving users false or even absurd answers. But AI was feared as well, not least for its potential to do more harm than good. As it has advanced, AI has become seemingly more reliable. But can it ever produce unbiased truth? Computing expert Gleb Lisikh opens up the black box of the large language models underlying today’s proliferating AI apps to reveal the misunderstanding – or hoax – at the core of that question. LLMs cannot think, Lisikh explains in Part I of this two-part series – nor can they seek the truth – because they just aren’t designed to.
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