Simon's ant parable applied to LLM vs harness debate
rao2z · x · 2026-08-17
In a long thread, rao2z applies Herbert Simon's ant parable to the model vs harness debate: the ant's complex path arises from the environment, not its intelligence, similar to how LLM's complex behavior may stem from external tools, verifiers, simulators (harness). He notes LLMs are smarter than ants, but harnesses are human-designed, not natural. Citing LLM-Modulo, he urges focus on the interplay.
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