"Emergence"? Take a look at this paper showing how that is nothing but hot air: .
https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/paper/2023/hash/adc98a266f45005c403b8311ca7e8bd7-Abstract-Conference.html
-"Reasoning"? Lets set aside how they don't even have a definition for this. But literally change some minor thing on the benchmarks like a number, and you see how these models completely fail. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229
-"Understanding"? Just watch this debate to see the rigor with which Emily discusses the topic vs those who make these wild claims: https://lnkd.in/e6bgM-43.