Expert Warns: LLM Math Capabilities Remain Absurdly Jagged

lateinteraction · x · 2026-08-08

Commenting on recent math breakthroughs by LLMs, the author points out that model capabilities remain absurdly jagged. Even if a model solves an open problem P, it tells surprisingly little about its ability to solve an "equally hard" problem P'. The author notes that if this jaggedness were ever smoothed out, it would be the biggest update in the field over the last couple of years.

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