True, it's an achievement either way. But if an "out of the box LLM" can solve difficult math problems it is an achievement by the LLM vendor. Otherwise it is an achievement by the people doing the vertical integration.
In the context of evolving LLM this is the crucial distinction.
Re:Epicycles All the Way Down
by suddenlybananas on Monday April 20, 2026 @10:46AM
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The distinctions matter since computational proofs have been around for decades.
It matters in terms of whether it’s generalizable. We had computers do impressive specific things since decades.
Re:Epicycles All the Way Down
by FrustratedMonky on Monday April 20, 2026 @02:33PM
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Sure.
But 'purely LLM' also isn't a definition for generalizable.
Why do these distinctions matter?
is it an LLM, or symbolic, or a combo, or a dozen technologies stitched together. Who cares. It is all automation. It is all artificial.