alt Hacker NewsNo, that's stupid.
The question of how LLMs (and "LRM"'s, an unfortunate and by the article's own admission, already outdated term) accomplish what they accomplish is fascinating. The question of whether they reason is meaningless. Most of the article is about the latter, with tiny tiny tiny bits of the former.
> The question of whether they reason ... Most of the article is about ...
I read it as: the content of the explicit verbalized reasoning may not be that important to the outcome. I'd say that raises most important questions.