Terence Tao: LLM math is easy; unpredictability of capabilities is the hard part
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-09-15
Terence Tao says LLMs' hardest problem isn't math — training mostly involves linear algebra and a bit of calculus. The real puzzle is why models excel at some tasks and fail at others, which remains unpredictable. We know how models are built; what they can do, we're still figuring out.
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