This tension reflects the broader debate: Can AI systems become reliable thinkers, or are they simply simulating logic in ways that ultimately fall short?
What’s Next for AGI?
The Apple study leaves open a provocative question: If current reasoning models collapse under real pressure, is the industry overestimating how close we are to AGI?
“The paper is a stark reminder that we’re still feeling our way forward,” said Rogoyski.
As companies like Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic continue to scale up their models, the question of reasoning reliability may become more urgent than raw size or speed.
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As Apple’s study warns, it may be time to pause and reconsider what “thinking” really means in the context of AI—and whether our machines are truly learning to reason, or just mimicking logic until they break.
