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Large Language Models -- A Physicist's Perspective https://superposer.substack.com/p/large-language-models-a-physicists > We’re in a funny time, where AI evangelists seem to think models are far better at physics and maths than they actually are. At the same time, many researchers completely underrate the power of frontier models — they tried ChatGPT once, found it unreliable and over-confident and haven’t engaged with more recent coding agents. > The truth lies in between. These models are neither geniuses nor useless, and you need to know the physics well to understand where they fail. I completely agree with Tobias when he describes coding agents as hyperactive Masters students. They’re fast and relentless, but very unreliable. So finding ways to verify their output is important. But with a bit of scaffolding around these models and domain expertise, you can make them more reliable. I highly recommend Tobias’s talk, especially if you’re new to using coding agents for tasks outside of software engineering.