how do you argue that these models are not able to reason?
deductive reasoning is just drawing specific conclusion from general patterns. something I would argue this models can do (of course not always and are still pretty bad in most cases)
the point i’m trying to make is that sometimes reasoning is overrated and put on the top of the cognitive ladder, sometimes I have seen it compared to self-awareness or stuff like that. I know that you are not probably saying it in this way, just wanted to let it out.
I believe there is fundamental work still to be done, maybe models that are able to draw patterns comparing experience, but this kind of work can be useful as make us reflect in every step of what these models do, and how much the internal representation learned can be optimized