Arithmetic is arguably now solved as a capability for large language models (they can reliably do arithmetic calculations), but the question of whether they're really 'doing arithmetic' (original calculation) versus recognizing patterns from training data (arithmetic problem patterns) remains ambiguous.

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Michael Waldridge

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can it really do arithmetic or can it do something that looks like arithmetic

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Don’t Believe AI Hype, This is Where it’s Actually Headed | Oxford’s Michael Wooldridge | AI HistoryJohnathan Bi
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:17:34 AM

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