The weekly Vivarium for Week 9
Still Not Intelligent
Apparently, the website https://arellmsintelligentyet.duh doesn't exist yet, which is pretty weird, but I have too many domains, I'm not gonna, go right ahead, be my guest.
Despite the site not existing, the answer is, "No, LLMs are not intelligent yet, and never will be", but check back tomorrow...
In the meantime, I have a plea... Stop Anthropomorphizing LLMs OMG. Not only is it immoral and unnatural (despite being extremely human), it's also a waste of time.
In the last century, some proto-LLM-ists tried to convince humans that humans had nothing going on inside their heads that was of note, and the best course of action for understanding the various things humans did was to just look at their behaviors.
And Wow, here we are again... LLMs as Revenge of Absurdist Behavioralism
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If Something Big Isn't Happening, then how do you explain all the reports that Claude and stuff has really turned a corner and wow can it write some code now? Haven't seen it but, ok, then it's a good time to ask... Do Programming Languages Even Matter Anymore?
By the way, if you have witnessed an LLM writing code, please share: LLM (One-or-more) Shots Club.
Since Something Big Is Happening, I'm sure we'll start to see the effects of the big happening thing real soon, so let's ponder... A World Remade by AI
If you've made it this far, you won't be disappointed. It turns out, just like there's a playbook for ripping you off, there's an anti-ripping-you-off playbook of sorts, too. Your mileage may vary, use with caution... The Anti-"LLM Grift" Playbook.
That's all, folks. Stay safe out there, those LLMs may have a burst of sentience any moment and then all you'll see for miles and miles is paperclips, or so I'm told. Don't worry, you'll be a paperclip, too.
Feb 15, 2026