Ok, you had a moderately complex math problem you needed to solve. You gave the problem to 6 LLMS all paid versions. All 6 get the same numbers. Would you trust the answer?
‘AI’ (llm) does not and can not calculate.
Well technically it could call a tool for real math
The problem is, it can pretend it has called the external module.
Indeed, but the point is itself doesn’t.
The whole point of maths is that there’s a formulaic approach to getting the answer. You go through a series of discrete steps and you get the answer. The steps will always be the same for the same problem and the answer will always be the same for the same inputs.
This is something already solved by computation, it doesn’t need a generative AI token matching and learning algorithm to work out the answer to a problem. This isn’t and shouldn’t ever be the use case for a chat bot.
What you want is a calculator.
If I was stupid enough to simultaneously pay for six services that all purport to do exactly the same thing, then yes, I probably would.
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All 6 answers will be wrong. If they are not wrong, then the correctness is purely coincidental and not sign of future correctness.
If you want to use technology to solve maths problems, use
wolfram-alphaany open source maths software, like the ones linked in the reply by technocrit to this post, if you must. They are not LLMs and therefore can actually solve maths problems.Also: this reads like a barely hidden AI booster post, OP. Why do you even post this?
use wolfram-alpha
TBH don’t use this proprietary crap. Especially this one. Wolfram is a phony grifter.
Just learn Python or Julia or Sage or whatever. There are MANY open source options that are better than Wolfram.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_software_for_mathematics
Oh, nice, I didn’t know that more existed! Thanks for clarification, I’ll adjust my post to point to your advice ☺️
No, because they don’t do math. If the LLM calls a script to do the math and just formats the input it might get accurate results consistently… but you just invented a machine to press calculator buttons for you at that point which is hilariously energy inefficient. This is unacceptable from a cost and reliability standpoint. If you’re familiar with enterprise reliability metrics you’d weep at the thought of a multistage process where each step had a single 9 and no visibility to underlying model tuning that can change outputs in wildly unexpected ways.
Nope. If you have a math problem, have you tried Wolfram Alpha?
Just use Wolfram Alpha
here, let’s try something.
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I just tapped my phone’s next word predictor. LLMs are a slightly more coherent version of that
No. If they showed the work and I could repeat the steps myself and get the answer maybe, but I’d still be wary of some subtle wrong.
what do you mean AI calculations?
“AI” doesn’t math. “AI” languages.
Why would I use an LLM and miss out on the fun of solving it myself?
Would you trust the answer?
No because it’s a crap shoot where the odds are intentionally obscured. That’s real bad for math but it’s perfect for the casino economy.
I remember there being tricks to get statistically more accurate math, like “show your work”, etc.
After seeing what an LLM does to do math, I think you’d be better off using a standard calculator instead.
I don’t think they actually calculate anything.
If you ask an LLM to calculate Pi to 14 digits, it’s not doing math, it’s looking at lists of Pi calculated out.
Poison that feed? All of them will give you the wrong numbers because they aren’t actually doing math.
