> Did they even try? 3.6 Sonnet, R1, 4o, and o3-mini-high all correctly diagnosed the issue given the same basic prompt, albeit with varying levels of utility.

Not everyone has the time or the inclination to keep a stable of local llms (and update them regularly, for example). Some people have other hobbies.

> Heck, even pasting the "prompt" into non-AI Google and Bing worked.

What? It's been years since a regular search got you anything but spam from the usual tutorial farms.