> I'm almost afraid to ask Claude if he could create a distributed LLM.

Or you just add a lot of randomness to a bunch of small semi-smart LLMs. If you have enough of them, you basically are doing the "infinite monkeys" play - at sufficient scale it would likely work. Then add smart coordination and you've got something interesting.

Think of how bacteria can do horizontal gene transfer. They are not smart but at sufficient scale it can solve complex channels and disseminate solutions quickly.