IM 889: We Are the Neanderthals - Why LLMs Fail at Complex Reasoning

Forget large language models. This episode uncovers a radically different approach to AI, where physics-guided reasoning and energy-based models are reshaping what machines can actually understand—and why that could unlock breakthroughs mainstream AIs keep missing.

• Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI GPT-6 Sol & Luna both launch today with lower costs

• Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day

• Two Google DeepMind AI Researchers Resign Over Safety

• MetaConnect on during the show

• Google fully details Googlebooks: $899+, October launch, & more

• Introducing MiMo-V2.6 series

• Google CC

• I'm Upping My P(Doom)

• Handshake AI Skills Studio/OpenAI Brian Johnsrud

• Introducing The Horowitz Andreessen Academy

• On 'Cupertino,' Creators of the 'The Good Wife' Go to Silicon Valley

Hosts: Leo Laporte (twit.tv/people/leo-laporte), Jeff Jarvis (twit.tv/people/jeff-jarvis), and Paris Martineau (twit.tv/people/paris-martineau)

Guest: Patrick Hillmann (logicalintelligence.com)

Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines.

Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!

Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:
• trustedtech.team/twit

• scribe.how/machines

• originhq.com/intelligentmachines