alt Hacker NewsI think it's meaningless anyway. A calculator doesn't multiply numbers like a human does. The important part is to develop systems that can do many human tasks
I think it's meaningless anyway. A calculator doesn't multiply numbers like a human does. The important part is to develop systems that can do many human tasks
Early LLMs typically tried to do multiplication "in their head" by recall.
Now most LLMs do multiplication using a tool call to a programming language, akin to a person reaching for a calculator rather than relying on a learned table or working the problem out mentally.
The high level comparison between what LLMs do and what humans do" for this example is fairly parallel.