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by Mivik 999 days ago
> Generative AI is quite bad a doing math and I would not believe the results it "guesses".

Generally speaking, it's true. AI is quite bad at arithmetic. But as AI started learning to use tools things can be different. Haven't really looked into this but I think ChatGPT with WolframAlpha plugin (https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-plugin-chatgpt/) can be helpful.

People won't use generative models when they already have a clear plan about what they're about to calculate - they'll use a calculator. When employing generative models, we're more like asking the AI for some insights on "how to compute" or "what to compute". Automatically performing these calculations and obtaining the result is more like a bonus.

> Mathematica and wolfram are in a different pricing tier, so hissab is like a poor man's mathematica.

Agreed. Looking forward to exciting features!

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I do believe the next stage of evolution for Hissab would be to integrate fully natural language via some form of AI, provided it gives accurate results. I have known about ChatGPT plugins and wolfram's integration. In fact they provide APIs that I can integrate in hissab. But I need to do the cost analysis for that.

Thanks for checking Hissab and your feedback!