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Aren't LLMs notoriously bad at math? Although I guess they may just spin up Python to do math these days.

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They used to be - nowadays to do calculations they typically call tools.

> Aren't LLMs notoriously bad at math?

Compared to computer algebra systems, sure.

Compared to the overwhelming majority of humans, absolutely not.

Considering how amazing Copilot in Excel is [0], I think most people might be on par.

[0] https://images3.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED148/68ef40142d4...

Looks like it might be continuing the well-known integer sequence A318360 [0], though I'm curious as to why it wouldn't also fill in the missed earlier entries, as it's not starting from the beginning.

[0] https://oeis.org/A318360

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