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I taught ChatGPT to CORRECTLY perform long-addition on 15-digit numbers (reddit.com)
4 points by redbar0n on Jan 16, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


"ChatGPT can't do math" is the general impression.

> "Why is ChatGPT bad at math?" > https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/38220/why-is-chatgpt-...

> "ChatGPT: Can't calculate even basic math. Is it getting dumber?" > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33982910

But this demonstration is a response to that, showing that it can perform addition, if taught to do so, in a manner similar to how we learn addition.

This was the input used, which you can play with yourself: https://old.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/107znvo/chatgpt_ca...

Please note that when ChatGPT conveys the 15 digit sum in the last sentence it says the wrong number, but it gets the "Result: " correct (immediately above).




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