I asked my local LLM to add 23 numbers and got seven wrong answers

Posted by vira28 on Sunday April 26, 2026 @12:30AM
from the viggy28.dev dept.

https://viggy28.dev/article/local-llm-seven-wrong-answers/

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Re:I asked my local LLM to add 23 numbers and got seven wron... by horizontech-dev on Sunday April 26, 2026 @03:02AM (#47908060)

Though it’s obvious, nice write up. This is the kinda rabbit hole I enjoy going through and reading.

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Re:I asked my local LLM to add 23 numbers and got seven wron... by sitapati on Sunday April 26, 2026 @01:41AM (#47907675)

Have you thought of using a calculator for this task?

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Re:I asked my local LLM to add 23 numbers and got seven wron... by vira28 on Sunday April 26, 2026 @01:54AM (#47907731)

Did exactly that for the actual filing — Python, mentioned in the post. The 23 numbers were a probe, not the goal: I wanted to understand how it works.

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Re:I asked my local LLM to add 23 numbers and got seven wron... by beardyw on Sunday April 26, 2026 @04:32AM (#47908513)

This kind of thing beats me. Why should a "Large Language Model" be expected to act as a calculator. Clue one is on the name, clue two might be an understanding that it is based on statistics, it is not the deterministic tool you need.

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