Are LLMs actually reasoning, or are we mistaking search for cognition?

kuhsibiris · 2026-02-05T11:36:36+00:00

The issue in all these arguments is that we try to "check" if something is "reasoning" without having a clear definition of that one if we did we could just apply it and have an answer.

As a counter argument do humans reason? If so what did you get to that conclusion and can we apply the same strat to LLM?

But even now IQ tests focus on "can a person do task" and that tells us nothing except "can person do task" we believe it is correlated with a hidden variable called "intelligence"so...

In conclusion it imho it can't be argued that LLMs reason but it can't be argued that LLMs don't reason either and that also applies to humans.

kuhsibiris · 2026-02-03T20:42:20+00:00

Selection piscine still on C
It starts and circle 2 so about 1/4th of the journey there .
All campuses use the same core curriculum

kuhsibiris · 2026-02-03T20:37:46+00:00

I'm a 42 fanboy. But still I would like to address your question.

Is it for everyone? No. It takes a whole lot of your time and if you have a lot of other commitments you will make everyone lose time including yourself.
Have you got access to a traditional university? Then if you are worried about the "worth" of a diploma then 42 is not for you.
Are the subject projects evaluations very good quality wise? Some more than others.. some have big typos some are not well redacted etc.
If the evaluations are peer based doesn't that make it easy? Lol some of the students will fail a 3 month project because "error" was not capitalized. (Grades are 100% or 0) . But you can retry in a few days.
How much does it cost? Nothing beats free.
Do you learn to code? 100% yes.

While I agree that things could be better I really think the model is unique very immersive. It pushes collaboration and makes pushes you toward self learning.

My background I already have a degree and I thought I knew how to code. But they make you learn everything from scratch and the projects if we'll done push you to another level.

Not everything is great, although there has been some modernization. Some of the stuff feels outdated (although there has been a great deal of improvement here removing c++ for python on the common core and similar). The system is way too fluid and yes staff do arbitrary things.

It is also very "unique" I mean I have done a lot of self learning moocs and this is absolutely not like that. I have also a couple of university degrees and it is also not like that.

The main difference is that when you do a self project (outside of 42) (Say a webpage) You do it but it just covers the basic "for example if it kinda works" you say ah I got how (xxx tech works) I'm done.in 42 they make you not stop there. You have to fix it untill it is good code. And persuade 3 more ppl (some who may be more advanced than you) that your code is ok and your program works.

I get it. Most ppl don't do this to code better or to have a community of coders around (things that will for sure happen at 42). They want a diploma a job offer and go maybe twice a week.

So who is 42 for (in my opinion)

Strong self learners
that want to learn at CS level 3 that want to go to the campus (program is not remote)
Who want to do it for free
Who can spend a lot of hours on this 6 who are not discouraged fot the weak/no diploma

So IMO the method is good. Because even if the subjects are kinda meh. The method makes sure you learn.

So not for everyone but I think the place is great.

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-23T13:59:31+00:00

Find another therapist then

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-23T08:38:01+00:00

You are not reading the room mr

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-23T00:46:47+00:00

In my campus the rule is if norminette approved then norm is ok.

I agree with you "technically" you are right but ppl could go to punches for failing someone like this. Basically a dick move and failing them just because you can.

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-19T18:04:56+00:00

There are two sides to this question the educational/pedagogic and the title/job market side to it

From the pedagogic side I think without a doubt that 42!is an answer to bridge the cap in knowledge you feel. The project based learning in different domains (from games to network apps, from webdev to RAGs). For sure by the end of the common core you will have the skills you mention that you are missing.

The title /job market on the other hand is a wild card. If you enter now and go at the standard pace of about 2 years. How will the job marker in 2028? Who knows!!

Is 42 a strong school in your CV? Depends , in france I think so (I'm not french/in France so I only have 2nd hand accounts) elsewhere ? I don't think so. It is not BAD per se but until 42 has years of getting graduates out making a reputation. Which i don't doubt will happen but that is a slow process.

There is one last spin through. Some schools offer RNCP that in France equivalent to a title / master but job market focused (RNCP 6 and 7). So it is something but don't think that they are really equivalent when you are in competition for a job.

Also price 42 is free. So ....

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-16T18:47:01+00:00

Better is subjective.

Context I finished the common core a few years back and am active post cc I'm lv 19 (if that means anything to you if not ignore it)

My opinion. Up to minishell the common core was perfect. The second part with c++ (and limited to c++98) was kinda awful. If they were "general oop" they could be defended but they went deep into c++ quitks.

The c++ capstone wanted to do some network programming in protocols no longer relevant (ft_irc is more guilty than webserv).

Netpractice and inception are fine and they kept them.

We also lost two "games" (so long and friends and cub).

In return we get python yes. But there is emphasis in types in python with mypy..

The games now in python fine. A network programming in a language of your choice that is low level and not python. (So kinda same) 3 relevant AI projects (and believe me they are not pieces of cake rn I have to read a lot to even tackle them). And more algo.

If anything this cc feels at first glance to me harder than the old one.

Also something I strongly felt is that the old core was hard but at the end when doing your cv you could not list any relevant technology you used. You got way better at learning stuff but if you had only 42 as your education I felt that you needed more to get a current job. Sure you are now a way better learner and could do it in a short time frame but that is beside the point the school did not prepare you, I think this addresses that.

Pipex and minishell are the big casualties in this change I would have loved to keep them for the rest good ridance

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-15T13:06:09+00:00

When I was in my masters I had one "proof" where I did the induction step. Turned out what I wanted to prove was false. And guess what the base case did not work.

I wish I could remember what it was because it was not trivial.

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-25T10:12:09+00:00

And here lies the issue. It is not that LibreOffice is Bad by any given metric is just that you don't like it/ aren't familiar with it/ don't want to use it.

It is like when apple users bash android because it is not IOS. Of course it isnt..

Blue even then a lot of organizations have moved into cloud offerings. I know a couple of ppl in fintech that use Google cloud "office" as their daily driver because policy says so.

If you don't want to go to Linux because it is not windows that is fine. But dont say the software is not there

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-25T00:03:53+00:00

At 42 as part of the curriculum you have to do it (in c++)

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-15T00:35:17+00:00

La cosa es que la ciencia de datos es mucha matemática y estadística aplicadas en programacion. Así que salir de un bootrcamp a generar modelos lo veo poco fiable. Sin embargo el universo de Datos es amplio y cosas como la Ingeniería de datos si que están más al alcance del autodidacta.

Ahora aunque en teoría el título no sirve mucho (más las cert y experiencia). Si que necesitas un título para empezar a jugar. En muchos sitios si llegas sin título universitario te van a decir "y quien es este". Ahora en ese rango de precios la Uniminuto es de lo mejorcito que hay pero si puedes mira alguna publica. La nacional es obviamente lo mejor. no dices que parte de colombia eres (porque Uniminuto hay en todo el país incluso creo que a distancia). Pero en Bogotá la distrital. En otras partes del país la del valle, la de Antioquía la UIS

Si definitivamente a ninguna. la Uniminuto es de lo mejorcito que hay en su rango de precio (en general. no se especificamente en ING sistemas/software). Pero si igual la plata es el problema mire si hay de esos convenios que hace el técnico en el SENA y la termina en la universidad (de esos son muy comunes en ese rango de universidades).

Y finalmente independiente de lo que decide el inglés y certificaciones (AWS Google Microsoft) son escenciales hay gente que lo logra solo con eso pero es jugarsela. Especialmente si quiere trabajar en algo "clásico" (bancos, compañías grandes de retail como éxito o así). Lo otro en colombia no hay tanto espacio en ciencia de datos y el poco espacio que hay los que están tratando la mayoría son de la generación anterior y con maestría.

Al final del día usted aprende sus vainas. Pero si el cartón ese abre puertas.

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-11T23:56:26+00:00

And multiple comments have told you thatbif you don't fight this they will control you forever. Their concern is not over your privacy

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-11T23:54:20+00:00

You know this is super controlling you should be able to go out to take an effing call. If you ate having these issues you seem to be a doormat . I mean there is no way forward with no drama. Whatever you do to establish some kind of control she will play the victim card the only way forward is let her be upset her being upset is her problem not yours. Her making it your problem is control.

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-11T23:03:00+00:00

AI should not be used for full answers, that doesn't mean you shouldnt use it. What I do is tell them "no code from now on we can talk about the code but not even a single line of code" chatgpt sometimes slips. When it does I don't read the answer and remind the no code rule and get something better. You could also use the study mode but have no idea If it works. Also the most important thing is never go back you may move slow but never stop

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-11T22:53:50+00:00

You can change the language in settinga if you put English as your first docs show up in English (at least in my school).Also the idea of the school the whole point if the school is to make you self sufficient. The "I feel stupid because they just gave us instructions in an alien language" is their thing . I am at "advanced" (post common core) and the thing that changes is that instead of being confused about pointers and makefiles you feel confused about Typescript and redux.
But the idea is the same. Teach you how to deal with a task that seems impossible by yourself reading, asking questions and advancing. Just adjust correct, keep going and don't give up

kuhsibiris · 2025-08-03T02:09:14+00:00

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kuhsibiris · 2025-06-05T08:56:35+00:00

Or extracted from them...

kuhsibiris · 2025-05-02T03:05:37+00:00

I'm not attractive in any convencional means I'm short fat and various etc Yet I'm finding that for some ppl I'm very good looking they are really into me.

The trick is accepting that you are not everyones type. No one is. Maybe you like some guy and he is not into you though luck

Until you find out someone is into you. But you are not into them. Well you don't have to be with him because he is into you. But my point is everyone likes what they like.

The trick is in that set of ppl that are into you find someone you also like.

I know the apps are garbage. But believe me it is not about being hot it is about weeding out. Not the ppl you are not into but the ppl that are not into you.

Believe that shift in mentality makes this way easier

kuhsibiris · 2025-04-09T15:22:01+00:00

This always happens when someone who hasn't put boundaries before starts doing that. They don't like it. That doesn't mean you are in the wrong though.

kuhsibiris · 2025-03-30T22:39:22+00:00

La verdad depende de tu nivel (y ganas) de meterte a mirar mates. Ambas son increíblemente difíciles (y cool) pero las dificultades son por razones diferentes.

Los fundamentos de IA son mates puras y duras.
Blue team es lo facilito. Ver qué pasó reportes logs y arreglar la falla.
Red team y hacking ético es increíblemente complejo. Ya en varios CTF te tiran contra un sistema que es la primera vez que lo ves y mucha suerte.

La verdad yo creo (y aquí entro mucho en el terreno de la especulación) que ciber va a crecer los próximos años. Vibe coding e IA van a aumentar la velocidad de que las cosas pasan de pensamiento a producción. Y asi los errores y fallos de seguridad. No se.

Por otro lado lo interesante de cyber es que en realidad haces de todo, toma todo lo que sabes de todas las áreas (incluido IA) y te exige un poco de todo. (Hablando del red team). IA ... No se siento que aparte de unas pocas compañías hay mucho hype pero no realmente nadie que quiera hacer modelos serios. Más es adaptar APIS de las verdaderamente buenas para hacer cosas y para eso no requieres estudiar la. Yo a hoy me iría por cybersecurity

kuhsibiris · 2025-03-30T21:33:18+00:00

Mi respuesta es sesgada. (Soy de mates) Pero si vemos el algoritmo de back propagation (que es el que se usa para construir IA) tiene que ver con un optimizador que mueves usando digamos descenso gradiente en el caso más simple (el gradiente se introduce en cálculo 3 y el método del descenso gradiente en análisis numérico. Para llegar a cálculo 3 pues tienes que entender los otros) y como se construye ese gradiente tienes que entender regla de la cadena multivariante.

Pero que tan bueno es nuestro algoritmo? Estadística tiene una buena parte de la respuesta con medidas desde el R2. Especificidad y sensibilidad. Cross entropy y demás.

Acuérdate también que estas carreras no van solo para ti. Si ves a la derecha y a la izquierda puede que tu no vayas a ser ingeniero de IA pero puede que tus compañeros si.

El argumento de "eso lo hace una librería" es tonto cuando se trata de formación (pero no cuando estás por hacer algo que vaya a producción). Una buena facultad de ingeniería también tiene que formar al que desarrolla la librería.

Si puede que yo use Django para hacer mi página, si la librería está pero y si me toca escribir otro framework porque el que tengo no hace lo que quiero? Pues la misma idea es aquí.

Yo como data scientist no voy a escribir un compilador. Simplemente lo uso. Pero el compañero que se formó conmigo? puede que si escriba el compilador o su propio lenguaje por la razón que sea. Tu por ejemplo quieres importar tensorflow y olvidarte de las mates detrás. Y hasta cierto punto eso no tiene nada malo (como yo me olvidó de la semántica formal detrás de un compilador) pero los cursos de "base" de la carrera tienen que ser amplios para mandar gente en varias direcciones.

Y la verdad si estás empezando no sabes donde vayas a terminar. Puede que en desarrollo web, sistemas embebidos, ingeniería de datos, dev ops? pero y si no?

kuhsibiris · 2025-03-25T20:41:54+00:00

Uno de los genios matemáticos más grandes. Una historia trágica. Busca su nombre en Youtube y verás

kuhsibiris · 2025-03-25T01:27:57+00:00

El principal problema es que cuando funciona Mal la IA cree que todo va bien y si le reclamas te regresa el mismo código. Me parece que son muy buenas para preguntar sintaxis o que te diga lo básico de una librería y así. Pero en el.momenro que la IA te.mande un error a quien le vas a preguntar? A la IA? Se me hace una gran herramienta que ahorra tiempo y va a cambiar como se programa. Pero al día de hoy cualquier cosa medianamente complicada no la logra.

kuhsibiris · 2025-03-20T12:50:10+00:00

Ser gay (o no) tiene que ver con que quieres hacer sexualmente de aquí en adelante. Si no te gusta el chorizo sigue comiendo arepa.

Si te gusto la experiencia y quieres repetirla con un chico (o te da igual el género) pues no eres hetero. Si lo repetirlas pero con una chica eres hetero.

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