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However, important debates linger over whether LLMs can ultimately reach or approximate human-level intelligence. Critics—including prominent figures like Yann LeCun—argue that LLMs may never truly acquire a meaningful understanding of the world since they are trained on internet text that lacks explicit structured knowledge. Yet, the core premise of effective learning algorithms posits that they can derive meaningful insights summarizing the mechanisms at play, pairing statistical reliance with generalization abilities.