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bigstrat2003 • today at 4:01 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

One thing with programming is that LLMs are actually pretty bad at it, and use of them for that purpose is driven entirely by hype. I'm not remotely qualified to judge the mathematical realm, but mathematicians seem to think that LLMs can do the math well. So there's a significant difference there. In programming, we will see a major pull back from LLMs as the abysmal quality of vibe software becomes too prominent to ignore, but the same might not happen in math if they can actually do the job.


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tripleee • today at 4:42 AM

> One thing with programming is that LLMs are actually pretty bad at it, and use of them for that purpose is driven entirely by hype

You haven't tried the latest gen of frontier models, I take it? These things aren't just hype.

famouswaffles • today at 4:28 AM

Entry Level CS Hirings have literally collapsed. There is no difference.

dyauspitr • today at 6:26 AM

What the hell are you talking about? In a lot of companies and I mean a lot, developers haven’t hand written their code in months.