Security Now · Thursday, August 6, 2026
During a special episode from Black Hat, Steve Gibson and his guests discussed the rapid advancements in AI, particularly its improving ability in complex mathematics and code generation. Gibson, a self-proclaimed 'Luddite,' admitted to being astonished by AI's capabilities, noting that even mathematicians are impressed by its recent progress in math.
“And very much the same vein, we're now seeing that AI is getting scarily good at math, to the point where, you know, career mathematicians are saying, well, okay.”
“You know, two years ago, the big story about AI was that it could not do math, right? That's changed a lot.”
“So, I am a user of the of the chat, not yet of the code.”