You might’ve noticed that ChatGPT — and AI in general — isn’t good at math. There’s a reason, and it has to do with how modern AI is built.

Basically, they’re autocorrect on steroids. Which some of us have been saying for, like, ages.

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      2 months ago

      Programming languages are structured and have rigid syntax that fits well in a LLM model, so it spitting out working code for simple things is like having a sentence that is structured like a normal person.

      The code might not do what you are actually trying to do, or might work while being inefficient, even if it runs.