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by ai4mathlogicrsn 313 days ago
Asked GPT5 and GPT5 Thinking to solve this Algebra 101 problem: “Solve this: 5.9 = x + 5.11”

It’s baffling that we as an industry are trying to force-fit a probabilistic language model into solving math, logic, reasoning tasks it clearly struggles with. Sure, it can sound smart and even crank out decent code — but without a real foundation in math, logic, and reasoning.