Full video: Terence Tao on why LLM capabilities remain unpredictable
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-09-15
Follow-up with the full video: Terence Tao explains that LLM math is easy (linear algebra plus a bit of calculus) — the real mystery is why models excel at some tasks and fail badly at others. We know how models are built; what they can do remains unpredictable.
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