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The calculator does not tell them if they're getting closer? This isn't how anything works. No I can't say I'm very interested in whether or not the llm has access to python/a calculator as long as it completes the task, that doesn't matter.
If you are not interested in how it completes the task then you are not an authority on how it works.
I'm academically interested, what I mean when I say I'm not interested is that I just don't see the significance when we're talking about if it's capable of the task.
How are you able to understand it's capability without understanding what tools it is capable of manipulating to effect?
You aren't, and that's exactly what I'm saying, it's capable of doing these things with tools, therefore it's capable of doing these things.
So why are you allergic to people talking about the quality of the tools in regards to capability?
I don't know what you mean, I wasn't the one who claimed they couldn't do something they clearly can.
You are the one collapsing tool use into a binary when there are varying degrees of competency and hand holding.