[LeroyRaz]

How is that a misconception? LLMs are just advanced statistical modelling (unsupervised machine learning) with small tweaks (e.g., some fine-tuning for human preference).

At the core, they are just statistical modelling. The fact that statistical modelling can produce coherent thoughts is impressive (and basically vindicates materialism) but that doesn't change the fact it is all based on statistical modelling. ...? What is your view?