LLM Capabilities Debate

The cluster centers on debates about the true capabilities, limitations, and practical usefulness of LLMs, questioning if they understand tasks, match hype, or excel beyond pattern matching in areas like coding and creative work.

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naikrovek Aug 15, 2025 View on HN

they can, they just can't do it well. at no point does any LLM understand what it's doing.

ozgrakkurt Nov 15, 2025 View on HN

This is how people do things as well imo. LLM does the same thing on some level but it is just not good enough for majority of use cases

xg15 Jun 30, 2025 View on HN

Tell me again how LLMs were going to make everything better?

__loam May 16, 2024 View on HN

LLMs seem to be unsuitable for a lot of work.

CamperBob2 Oct 17, 2025 View on HN

If it were that simple, LLMs wouldn't work at all.

ares623 Nov 1, 2025 View on HN

Have you tried thinking about what LLMs have done and what it implies (and what the companies are explicitly shouting out loud tbh) outside of helping you write code?

loa_in_ Apr 1, 2024 View on HN

That's how people use llms because they (llms) don't seem to be good at the more sophisticated thing

panxyh Dec 6, 2025 View on HN

Most people might think that someone doesn't need LLM for that.

yahoozoo Jul 14, 2025 View on HN

Are they doing anything aside from LLMs?

N_Lens Nov 7, 2025 View on HN

This is a popular take on HN yet incomplete in its assessment of LLMs and their capabilities.