About why LLMs play chess surprisingly well or badly, and whether that shows reasoning.
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Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About why LLMs play chess surprisingly well or badly, and whether that shows reasoning.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
It would be interesting to see if it can also play chess with altered rules, or actually just a novel 'game' that relies on logic & reasoning. Still not sure if that would 'prove' LLMs do reasoning, but I'd be pretty close to convinced.