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This AI knew the answers but didn’t understand the questions

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For decades, psychologists have debated whether the human mind can be explained by one unified theory or must be broken into separate parts like memory and attention. A recent AI model called Centaur seemed to offer a breakthrough, claiming it could mimic human thinking across 160 different cognitive tasks. But new research is challenging that bold claim, suggesting the model isn’t truly “thinking” at all—it’s just memorizing patterns.

In Science Journals

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Science, Volume 392, Issue 6797, Page 478-480, April 2026.
Michael Funk, and Sacha Vignieri, Jake S. Yeston, Jelena Stajic, Unnati Sonawala, Madeleine Seale, Ekeoma Uzogara, Angela Hessler, Di Jiang, Courtney Malo, Claire Olingy, Phil Szuromi, Priscilla N. Kelly, Keith T. Smith, Sarah H. Ross, Cheri Sirois,…

New Products

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Science, Volume 392, Issue 6797, Page 548-548, April 2026.

Reality check

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Science, Volume 392, Issue 6797, Page 460-465, April 2026.
Kai Kupferschmidt