Teppo Felin on AI
2 quotes from Teppo Felin on the wall, 2025, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include EL PAÍS English.
Statistics and machine learning in action, with nothing mystical behind it
Teppo Felin, researcher at Utah State University, described AI in these terms while criticizing hype around the technology, in an interview with EL PAÍS, November 2025.
What it refers to
How Teppo Felin describes large language models, arguing they lack genuine creative or causal reasoning like humans.
Other voices
- Practically the only people still pretending scaling LLMs is all you need are griftersGary MarcusResearcher26 September 2025
- These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than peopleIlya SutskeverBuilder27 November 2025
- I am completely unimpressed by LLMs and not worried about AGIDavid Sun30 October 2025
- We're in an intelligence explosion already and have been for decadesAndrej KarpathyResearcher30 October 2025
- It appears that we're less unique than we previously thought we wereGašper BegušResearcher31 October 2025
EL PAÍS EnglishWhy AI cannot create new scientific knowledge
Creativity depends on theories that challenge data, not algorithms
Teppo Felin, co-author of a 2024 essay on AI and human cognition, argued in an interview with EL PAÍS that human creativity differs fundamentally from AI's data-driven predictions.
What it refers to
The claim that human hypothesis-formation, like Galileo's heliocentrism, differs from AI's reliance on past data patterns.
Other voices
- They live in the land of correlations between images and text, not in the land of ideasGary MarcusResearcher31 August 2025
- Large language models are about mimicking peopleRichard SuttonResearcher26 September 2025
- These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than peopleIlya SutskeverBuilder27 November 2025
- We're less special than we thoughtGeoffrey HintonResearcher30 August 2025
- It appears that we're less unique than we previously thought we wereGašper BegušResearcher31 October 2025
EL PAÍS EnglishWhy AI cannot create new scientific knowledge