[rpdillon]

I think even if what you say is true, it doesn't address parents' point that both humans and machines regurgitate what they've consumed.

But I'd also want to point out that the way you're characterizing an LLM planning a trip doesn't have any structure to it, which indicates that in your scenario you're not using any kind of harness. I've been amazed at how capable even 30 billion parameter models are when I put them inside of a harness that provides structure and task management. If you consider that scenario, especially with the ability to search the web and use skills, suddenly the LLM looks a lot more like what the human process looks like.

[grey-area]

Agents and harnesses don’t change the fundamental nature of LLMs, as is demonstrated by their terrible performance at real world tasks.