This is more how an LLM thinks about math internally - an LLM version of drilled tables being used for mental arithmetic "as humans do".
When humans stall on these tasks, they reach for pen and paper, a slide rule, a calculator, etc.
Mathematica is overkill for arithmetic, in addition it's licenced and can cost a bit extra.
If an LLM were to reach for a light cheap arithmetic tool something like bc would be a good first stop - a CLI tool with a language that supports arbitrary precision numbers with interactive execution of statements.
Why doesn’t it just call tools such as Mathematica for such operations?
They do. I asked CharGPT for 327 x 48 and it used the "ChatGPT Instruments" calculator.
Previously it used to run Python scripts, and may still do for more complex calculations.
This is more how an LLM thinks about math internally - an LLM version of drilled tables being used for mental arithmetic "as humans do".
When humans stall on these tasks, they reach for pen and paper, a slide rule, a calculator, etc.
Mathematica is overkill for arithmetic, in addition it's licenced and can cost a bit extra.
If an LLM were to reach for a light cheap arithmetic tool something like bc would be a good first stop - a CLI tool with a language that supports arbitrary precision numbers with interactive execution of statements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bc_(programming_language)
The spirit of Rube Goldberg is alive and well.
What happens inside an LLM when it tries to calculate with nothing but matrices.
I assumed it wrote Python or some sort of other code.
This is a very nice and fresh page layout.