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Just tried it. This is the first model that immediately gives me the correct answer to my test prompt: "Hi <model>, can you give me an exact solution to pi in python?". All other models I've tried first give an approximation, taking several prompts to come to the correct conclusion: it's impossible.

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In numerical computation, "exact" is a term of art that means providing accurate bounds, that are not affected by random numerical errors. So an "exact" computation of Pi is one that, e.g. might just ask for a minimum precision as input, then provides an interval around Pi that's at least that small and accurately bounds Pi. If the AI answered "it can't be done" that's not really the best outcome, though it's understandable because that use of "exact" is quite niche.

Couldn't it output "use a symbolic math library in Python to get an exact solution to pi" and technically be correct?

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