"Understanding" in the article just means "building a true and coherent world model, a faithful representation". The LLM in question does not: e.g. it has some

"Understanding" in the article just means "building a true and coherent world model, a faithful representation". The LLM in question does not: e.g. it has some "belief" in entities (e.g. streets on a map) which are not there. That kind of understanding has no relation with «self-directed reasoning and self-awareness».