Was the app you were using trained to do math? What is its purpose? What does it expect for input? AI apps draw from the datasets they were trained on, and many are built with “intelligence” for specific purposes (special-use systems vs. general purpose systems like ChatGPT). When you “pointed out” the error to this app, you were training it not to repeat that particular mistake (which is how AI works) which seems to indicate that this app’s primary function (underlying dataset) may not be mathematical, or it may require input in a different format or something else. If you repeat the first entry, do you get your corrected response or some other answer? That would be telling. Also, did it make the same type of reasoning error the second time (maybe trying to teach you how to correct your input)? This AI app may not know how to function as a calculator.
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