"AI solved one of math's greatest challenges, but it cannot add two numbers reliably?!" [D]

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Summary

Discusses the apparent contradiction that AI systems can tackle complex mathematical challenges yet struggle with basic arithmetic like adding two numbers.

Suppose your friend, a mathematician, woke up from a 5-year coma. How would you explain this to him? Do we even have an explanation other than "it is what it is"? EDIT: Lots of comments that are basically paraphrasing "it is what it is", or denying the discrepancy exists. Wrong subreddit, I guess.
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