<![CDATA[LLMs are actors.]]>LLMs are actors. And I don't mean "agentic" by that. I mean "actors".

Tom Cruise is very good at looking convincingly like a Navy pilot behind the stick of an F-14 in Top Gun, but if you drop him into a real one on final approach to an aircraft carrier, he's going to die.

LLMs are very good at looking convincingly like they know what they are doing, but they don't really know anything either. Unlike Tom Cruise, the prospect of death means nothing to an LLM, so while Tom Cruise is unlikely to try to land a real F-14, the LLM will (pretend to) do whatever you tell it to.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a29f8c57-b882-4d5b-ac06-2c7d938a33ee/llms-are-actors.RSS for NodeSat, 20 Jun 2026 04:18:38 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2026 00:13:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to LLMs are actors. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:08:09 GMT]]>@Salty @lazysupper off you go now ...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Lstn2urmama/statuses/116774567264683165https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Lstn2urmama/statuses/116774567264683165Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:08:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LLMs are actors. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:07:44 GMT]]>@lazysupper @Salty and we wonder why so much stupidity exists .. on you go...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Lstn2urmama/statuses/116774565594421677https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Lstn2urmama/statuses/116774565594421677Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:07:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LLMs are actors. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:27:27 GMT]]>@lazysupper @Lstn2urmama I was originally going to go with Frank Abnagale and [everything] but he never actually tried to fly a plane or do any surgery and the thought of Tom Cruise crashing an F-14 was a bit more clear. FAIL!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Salty/statuses/116774171277885499https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Salty/statuses/116774171277885499Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:27:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LLMs are actors. on Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:52:09 GMT]]>@Lstn2urmama

*Claude, rewrite this post swappin Tom Cruise piloting an F-14 with Patrick Dempsey performing brain surgery.*

@Salty

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/lazysupper/statuses/116774032455693831https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/lazysupper/statuses/116774032455693831Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:52:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LLMs are actors. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:35:25 GMT]]>@Salty Tom Cruise is very good at looking convincingly like a Navy Pilot. Except to a Navy Pilot.

Same as an LLM.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bertha.social/users/eltonfc/statuses/116773730734549125https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bertha.social/users/eltonfc/statuses/116773730734549125Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:35:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LLMs are actors. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:12:55 GMT]]>@phreakmonkey @Salty as long as the point was gotten was all that counts at 5am .. He is a pilot and has many planes he flies.. does not really matter otherwise...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Lstn2urmama/statuses/116771282950127281https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Lstn2urmama/statuses/116771282950127281Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:12:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LLMs are actors. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:09:46 GMT]]>@Lstn2urmama @Salty yeah the analogy concept is sound but that's a bad specific example.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/phreakmonkey/statuses/116771270575061815https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/phreakmonkey/statuses/116771270575061815Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:09:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LLMs are actors. on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:27:26 GMT]]>@Salty You do know Cruise is a professional pilot since 1994 and has many of own planes and does fly them ???

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