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“Emergent abilities” in AI are illusions of scale, not sparks of intelligence. Bigger models switch from word order tactics to more complex patterns of meaning. These tactic changes are math ...

It started with a screech. Then a thud. And finally—a silence you didn’t expect. Maybe it was a crash on I-30. A slip at your local grocery store. A dog bite in your own neighborhood. Whatever the ...