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The conversation also touched on misconceptions around AI reasoning capabilities. Musk shared an AI safety meme ridiculing claims that language models cannot reason by 2025, emphasizing that reasoning can be observed directly—arguing those denying this are akin to flat-earthers. Critics often misunderstand the progress made by modern language models, which can generate novel ideas and reason through complex prompts, contrary to many skeptics' claims.
Musk expressed frustration with exaggerated timelines predicting AI surpassing human intelligence and defended the ongoing advancements of current models, arguing that they are performing reasoning tasks effectively.