# Large Language Models Are Beginning to Reason by Geoffrey Hinton > "The big language models are getting close – and I don’t really understand why they can do it, but they can do little bits of reasoning." > **— Geoffrey Hinton**, *June 2023, Collision conference in Toronto* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and event context:** [Risks of artificial intelligence must be considered as the technology evolves](https://www.utoronto.ca/news/risks-artificial-intelligence-must-be-considered-technology-evolves-geoffrey-hinton) — the University of Toronto account establishes that “getting close” refers to large language models beginning to demonstrate limited reasoning. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Geoffrey Hinton|Geoffrey Hinton]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Control Theory|Control Theory]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/OpenAI Frontier|OpenAI Frontier]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The big language models are getting close – and I don’t really understand why they can do it, but they can do little bits of reasoning." — Geoffrey Hinton, June 2023, Collision conference in Toronto https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-geoffrey-hinton-big-language-models-close ```