alt Hacker NewsBrains aside, it S1/S2 seems like a good description?
System 1 is quick and intuitive. System 2 is slow and deliberate.
Compared to models that compose responses with many forward passes, thinking in token space, these models make a quick decision after processing their inputs.
It’s ok to use it as inspiration, but using the term comes with psychological baggage in an industry that already abuses anthropomorphism. Give it an informative name