Wheels and roads do the same thing as legs in several major use cases, only they do it better. Sane with jet engines and flapping wings. Same with loom vs. hand, and same with LLMs vs. people.
> LLMs do math by trying to match an answer to a prompt. Mathematica does better than that.
Category error. Pencil and paper or theorem prover are better at doing complex math than snap judgment of an expert, but an expert using those tools according to their judgement is the best. LLMs compete with snap judgement, not heavily algorithmic tasks.
Still, it's a somewhat pointless discussion, because the premise behind your argument is that LLMs aren't a big breakthrough, which is in disagreement with facts obvious to anyone who hasn't been living under a rock for the past year.
> LLMs do math by trying to match an answer to a prompt. Mathematica does better than that.
Category error. Pencil and paper or theorem prover are better at doing complex math than snap judgment of an expert, but an expert using those tools according to their judgement is the best. LLMs compete with snap judgement, not heavily algorithmic tasks.
Still, it's a somewhat pointless discussion, because the premise behind your argument is that LLMs aren't a big breakthrough, which is in disagreement with facts obvious to anyone who hasn't been living under a rock for the past year.