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The model develops increasingly sophisticated representations of token co-occurrence patterns, but never crosses the threshold into semantic understanding.
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Kessler West, “How LLMs interpret text,” Silktide, June 4, 2026.
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AI Verified Quote explicitly says language models never reach semantic understanding; directly relevant to “AIs understand.” · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer “against” is correct: the quote explicitly denies semantic understanding. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim in Kessler West, “LLMs Don’t Understand Text. They Do Something Way Weirder” (Silktide, 2026-06-04). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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