Four years ago ChatGPT couldn't solve a text maze — a stark look at how far models have come
desdae · reddit · 2026-11-08
A Reddit user shared a four-year-old screenshot of early ChatGPT attempting a text-based maze: the model just mechanically stepped "right, down" from (1,1), failing to grasp the maze structure at all.
The post contrasts this with today's models' reasoning ability, prompting discussion about how dramatically LLM capabilities have advanced in four years.
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