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, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Patrick Hillmann

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