Language models are not people

What machines can teach us about ourselves

No they are not
language models
llms
neural networks
Author

Michael Green

Published

June 10, 2026

Introduction

When I first started building artificial neural networks at the turn of the millenium I had no idea how far we would be with language models today. I think most other scientists at the time shared that lack of foresight. Over the past 2 decades I’ve witnessed a slow redefinition of what AI is.