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LLMs in 2026: What’s Real, What’s Hype, and What’s Coming Next
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Is AI actually going to replace developers? Or is the hype getting ahead of reality? On this episode of Digital Disruption, we’re joined by Sebastian Raschka, AI Research Engineer and author. Sebastian Raschka sits down with Geoff Nielson to unpack the real state of Large Language Models (LLMs) in 2026. As an LLM research engineer, Sebastian bridges deep technical expertise with practical, real-world AI implementation. In this conversation, he cuts through AI hype to focus on what’s actually achievable with modern LLMs, reasoning models, reinforcement learning, and inference scaling and where the limitations still exist. Sebastian explains why most companies should not build a large…