Large Language Models Struggle With Basic Arithmetic Tasks
Large language models struggle with basic math problems, performing poorly on multi-digit operations despite high accuracy on single-digit tasks.
This is a Plain English Papers summary of a research paper called A Careful Examination of Large Language Model Performance on Grade School Arithmetic. If you like these kinds of analysis, you should subscribe to the AImodels.fyi newsletter or follow me on Twitter. Related Work A Careful Examination of Large Language Model Performance on Grade School Arithmetic This paper examines the performance of large language models (LLMs) on grade school-level arithmetic tasks. The authors investigate whether these advanced AI systems can reliably solve basic math problems that are typ...