Someone on reddit said, "Remember robots still can't go into a new house and make a coffee." And I thought

I actually wonder whether, if I provided the physical actuation, current LLMs would be capable of doing this? Like, through a conversation like:

Me: I'm in a house. Your job is to instruct me to make a coffee. I can take photos of my surroundings, I can follow basic directions, and if you ask me to do something too complicated I'll ask for clarification. Here is my current surroundings: (photo)

LLM: Okay, we need to find the kitchen. There's a door on the right of the photo, go through that.

Me: Here's where I am now: (photo)

LLM: That looks like the kitchen on the left, go there.

Me: It looks like this: (photo)

LLM: Now we need to find either a coffee maker or a kettle. Look through the cupboards.

Me: I don't know what those things look like.

LLM: Then open the cupboard on the left and show me a photo.

...and so on.

It wouldn't shock me either way if they can or can't do it. I think I weakly predict that the models have the [...]

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First published:

December 21st, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aZYr5MBhxEbPQSt5N/can-claude-teach-me-to-make-coffee

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