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Opinion: AI researchers argue LLMs lack true reasoning, unlike AlphaGo's move 37

An opinion piece argues that large language models operate like fast, associative 'System 1' thinking, predicting tokens without genuine step-by-step reasoning. The authors contrast this with AlphaGo's famous move 37 against Lee Sedol, which they say resulted from deliberate tree search rather than intuition alone, combining a policy network's hunches with explicit lookahead through thousands of possible game branches.

Study Links Executive Missteps to Brain's Autopilot, Not Weak Discipline

New behavioral science analysis argues that leaders don't slip up under pressure because they lack willpower, but because the brain automatically shifts into fast, habitual thinking when stressed or overloaded. Drawing on Daniel Kahneman's dual-system model, the piece explains that this automatic mode overrides deliberate judgment in high-stakes moments like boardrooms or launch crunches. The fix, it argues, lies not in trying harder but in redesigning the environment—protected time, clearer decision frameworks, and fewer competing inputs.