Why Does ChatGPT Struggle with Math?

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Asked By CuriousCat99 On

I've been really frustrated with ChatGPT's math abilities. It seems to mess up basic calculations, mix up signs, and doesn't follow the order of operations correctly. There are times it's even said that 4+4 equals 9! I thought this AI was supposed to be logical. I've even uploaded photos of calculations, but it still gets things wrong.

I'm also wondering if my questions in my native language are affecting its performance. Could that be a reason for the errors?

3 Answers

Answered By DataDude42 On

It's not a language issue. All these language models just learn probabilities of word sequences. If a question is complicated or not frequently seen in training data, it tends to guess. Simple stuff like 2+2 should be accurate most of the time, but randomness is added to keep responses varied. That's why it might sometimes give a wrong answer instead of the most likely one.

Answered By MathWizard02 On

ChatGPT isn't great at math unless you prompt it to use an external tool. It knows 2+2=4 from its training, but it doesn't really understand the math itself. If you ask it how it solves 2+2, the answer can be pretty surprising!

QuestioningMind88 -

What do you mean by "external tool"?

Answered By SkepticalSoul On

Just a reminder: ChatGPT doesn't really think; it just predicts what comes next. It's all about finding the most probable output based on what it's seen before!

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