AI Solves Math Problems but Fails Simple Instructions? The Gap is About Asking Questions
Franc0Fernand0 · x · 2026-08-03
Responding to the irony that AI can solve open math problems but fails to follow simple instructions without burning millions of tokens, a user pointed out that the core gap between AI and human interns isn't intelligence. The true difference is that a human intern will stop and ask questions when something doesn't make sense, a basic intuition that current models still lack.
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