Teacher's meltdown after learning LLM math: 'LLMs are literally just spicy autofill'
EnemyOfAi · reddit · 2026-10-17
A Reddit post shares a viral Threads rant (7.7K likes) from teacher swilua: preparing for an interview about AI in writing, she learned the math behind LLMs and found it 'NOT EVEN HARD MATH', concluding LLMs 'are literally just spicy autofill' — linear algebra. She mocks people 'worshipping it' as if they found God and it's linear algebra.
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