Interestingly, LLMs are horrible at Zork: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15867

Our results reveal that all tested models achieve less than 10% completion on average, with even the best-performing model (Claude Opus 4.5) reaching only approximately 75 out of 350 possible points

Followed quickly by “vibe bankruptcy proceedings”

I work at big tech (not MS) and yes, the comp package really is that good, though not as good as it used to be. I immediately doubled my total comp when I came here from my last job, and now it’s ~5x. I could retire right now if I wanted, so I don’t care about layoffs anymore.

In a sense, AI is already fucking with everyone’s brain when it comes to mass-produced ads and propaganda.

I agree, but I’m not sure it matters when it comes to the big questions, like “what separates us from the LLMs?” Answering that basically amounts to answering “what does it mean to be human?”, which has been stumping philosophers for millennia.

It’s true that artificial neurons are significant different than biological ones, but are biological neurons what make us human? I’d argue no. Animals have neurons, so are they human? Also, if we ever did create a brain simulation that perfectly replicated someone’s brain down to the cellular level, and that simulation behaved exactly like the original, I would characterize that as a human.

It’s also true LLMs can’t learn, but there are plenty of people with anterograde amnesia that can’t either.

This feels similar to the debates about what separates us from other animal species. It used to be thought that humans were qualitatively different than other species by virtue of our use of tools, language, and culture. Then it was discovered that plenty of other animals use tools, have language, and something resembling a culture. These discoveries were ridiculed by many throughout the 20th century, even by scientists, because they wanted to keep believing humans are special in some qualitative way. I see the same thing happening with LLMs.

I don’t know how I work. I couldn’t tell you much about neuroscience beyond “neurons are linked together and somehow that creates thoughts”. And even when it comes to complex thoughts, I sometimes can’t explain why. At my job, I often lean on intuition I’ve developed over a decade. I can look at a system and get an immediate sense if it’s going to work well, but actually explaining why or why not takes a lot more time and energy. Am I an LLM?

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I’ll remember that the next time I enter my PIN number at an ATM machine.