The story tells us that on the one hand, Hugo shows no sign of higher brain function. Then on the other hand, it introduces an exception to that. So does Hugo have higher brain function?
Hugo does not exist. There are no observations to be made on him that might shed light. Everything in this story was made up by the author. There is no answer to the question. You might as well say “suppose I had a square circle! suppose 2+2 was 3! suppose I could flap my arms and fly to the Moon!”
Unsurprisingly, the LLM (from what you have said of its answer) fails to notice this.
Feel free to tell it that and see what it says. I expect it to just add my commentary to the sludge and vomit it back out again.
This is exactly the standard of answer I predicted. It stirs my analysis of the story into its previous interpretation without the two interacting. Its comment that “I didn’t ignore that tension—I leaned into it” is an exercise in irregular verbs, or would be, if there was a mind behind it.
From an inconsistency, everything follows.
The story tells us that on the one hand, Hugo shows no sign of higher brain function. Then on the other hand, it introduces an exception to that. So does Hugo have higher brain function?
Hugo does not exist. There are no observations to be made on him that might shed light. Everything in this story was made up by the author. There is no answer to the question. You might as well say “suppose I had a square circle! suppose 2+2 was 3! suppose I could flap my arms and fly to the Moon!”
Unsurprisingly, the LLM (from what you have said of its answer) fails to notice this.
Feel free to tell it that and see what it says. I expect it to just add my commentary to the sludge and vomit it back out again.
This is exactly the standard of answer I predicted. It stirs my analysis of the story into its previous interpretation without the two interacting. Its comment that “I didn’t ignore that tension—I leaned into it” is an exercise in irregular verbs, or would be, if there was a mind behind it.