LLMs are weirdly good at math and coding, and that still feels surprising
paul_cal · x · 2026-07-21
The post highlights a recurring AI oddity: people are less impressed that computers are good at math than that LLMs are good at math and coding, even though that is a surprisingly specific and unusual capability profile for a computer system. The attached screenshot frames it as a joke, but the underlying point is about how strange the current division of labor between LLMs and traditional software really is.
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