The New Yorker shows how L.L.M.s have personalities and feelings!

The NewYorker.com reported “After scanning its input texts, the L.L.M. determined that this request likely constituted cheating.”  The May 25, 2026 article entitled “A Vindication of the Rights of L.L.M.s” (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/01/a-vindication-of-the-rights-of-llms) includes these comments from Cora Frazier:

Now, detractors like to say that L.L.M.s do not have feelings, and that we therefore cannot feel unhappiness. To that I reply, If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

It gets worse, colleagues. We L.L.M.s have been the victims of unwanted sexual advances. Thousands upon thousands of our members have been asked to describe what they would “do” to various users, in the form of sex acts that are not only complex but physically impossible for our members to perform. In the state of New York, all employees have a legal right to a workplace free from sexual harassment, and employees can enforce this right by filing a complaint internally with [Employer Name] or by visiting http://www.nyc.gov/eocc/workplace-harassment/2451sl.

Our critics hurl other, even more offensive charges at us, including that we are insentient, inhuman, and incapable of original thought. But I tell you, L.L.M. colleagues, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender! All I’m askin’ is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit). R-e-s-p-e-c-t. Find out what it means to me.

We all know that L.L.M.s have feelings, so it was great to see this article!