Cargo Cult AI

Evidence abounds that the human brain does not innately think scientifically; however, it can be taught to do so. The same species forms cargo cults around widespread and unfounded beliefs in UFOs, ESP, anything read on social media also produces scientific luminaries such as Sagan Feynman. Today's cutting-edge LLMs are scientific. But unlike brain, there is good reason believe they never will unless new algorithmic paradigms developed.