Discussion: Pure LLM Architectures Struggle with Reliable Math Reasoning
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-08-02
Replying to a thread involving Gary Marcus, the poster agrees that simply scaling up LLMs doesn't seem to effectively solve mathematical problems. They argue that "pure" LLMs still cannot do math reliably and require a harness, tools, or the ability to loop. This suggests that the capabilities we are currently seeing are not just the pure results of scale.
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