Google's Logan Kilpatrick argues genuine understanding cannot be delegated to AI, prompting debate with researcher Andreas Kirsch

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Tbf you can ask Gemini: "do you think I understand this now?" If it says yes, we're done.

Understanding is just a vibe: as long as you stay connected to an LLM to answer any additional questions it's fine and you understand

"you can outsource your thinking, but you can’t outsource your understanding"

easy to forget in todays AI era, worth remembering everyday as we all wield more intelligence!

@OfficialLoganK For me those posts shows you're a good person because we can feel you care about fellow humans 🧸❤️ and you're not just looking at a low hanging fruit – many uses AI only for that And I agree, that's why I try still to understand everything I work on, that's how I stay valuable

@OfficialLoganK the test: can you explain the diff in the post-mortem without re-opening Cursor. understanding is the column that survives the agent. nothing in current eval harnesses measures it directly.

@OfficialLoganK You are absolutely right AI is really helpful but in today’s AI era remembering things are bit hard!

@OfficialLoganK That’s the part the hype cycle ignores. Tools can accelerate work but understanding is still human. If intelligence alone replaced expertise, AI labs wouldn’t still be hiring mathematicians and engineers at scale

@OfficialLoganK @GregCook2011 Logan, Baker Bird and Bug were just talking about this.

@OfficialLoganK AI can accelerate thinking.

It cannot replace wisdom built through comprehension.

@OfficialLoganK AI works on pre trained data humans just think out of the box weirdly !

@OfficialLoganK I would also add the critical thinking, we can't outsource that

@OfficialLoganK How can you understand without thinking?

@OfficialLoganK You still need to read and understand things even if it means using UI

@OfficialLoganK Especially not with your company's shitty models.

@OfficialLoganK 20 minutes of ai radio daily is enough to not lose your understanding

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@OfficialLoganK 知识≠智能。

@OfficialLoganK I’ve been sharing this exact quote lately. Banger!

@OfficialLoganK yesss; “outsource your thinking, not your understanding” sounds nice.. until you ask where the understanding is supposed to come from lol 🤷‍♂️

@OfficialLoganK Yes, and you skip thinking to get understanding, so dont stop thinking!