Mathstral, local LLMs face proof-check skepticism

The thread is basically a reality check: even good local models are still heuristic assistants, not substitutes for formal verification.

• –One commenter cites Mistral’s math-oriented lineup; Mathstral was released as a 7B model aimed at math reasoning and scientific discovery.
• –Another commenter gets to the core limitation: LLMs generate likely text, so they can spot issues or suggest steps, but they do not certify correctness.
• –The useful workflow is local model as a reviewer or explainer, then theorem prover or human as the authority.
• –If you want offline help, math-tuned open-weight models are the only ones worth trying, but confidence should stay low without independent verification.