Simulated reasoning
I like this take from Benj Edwards at ars technica:
It’s easy for laypeople to be thrown off by the anthropomorphic claims of “reasoning” in AI models. In this case, as with the borrowed anthropomorphic term “hallucinations,” “reasoning” has become a term of art in the AI industry that basically means “devoting more compute time to solving a problem.” It does not necessarily mean the AI models systematically apply logic or possess the ability to construct solutions to truly novel problems. This is why Ars Technica continues to use the term “simulated reasoning” (SR) to describe these models. They are simulating a human-style reasoning process that does not necessarily produce the same results as human reasoning when faced with novel challenges.
I’ve been saying that Gen AI does “sort of” reasoning, but saying “simulated reasoning” is much more elegant. I’m going to start using this expression.
Simulated intelligence, simulated reasoning, simulated creativity.