Ha - I used Claude to help organize and edit it, yeah. Didn't see much point in pretending otherwise. The irony isn't lost on me, but I'm not arguing these tools aren't useful, just that we should call them what they are. Same way I'd use a calculator to write a math paper without claiming the calculator understands arithmetic
But does Claude understand Arithmetic? This is an empirical experiment you can try right now. Try ask Claude to explain an arithmetic expression you just made up. Or a math formula.
For example, try
x_next = r * x * (1 - x)
A function of some historical significance O:-) (try plotting it btw!)