LLMs and tempered expectations, like oil and water

We're giving them calculators though, surely Google could provide a limited set of tools given Search already has a fairly sophisticated calculator.

I've been having my AI stuff successfully do math since early gp3 days with this method— even before "tool calling."

Why offer a solution then? Seems fairly easy for google to avoid giving the final number?

Expectations can only be managed by someone who has sufficient understanding - in this case Google by not providing the result.