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title: "How to Use AI to Solve Math Problems Without the Risk of Errors"
author: "Christopher S Penn"
date: 2025-08-01
url: https://www.christopherspenn.com/2025/08/how-to-use-ai-to-solve-math-problems-without-the-risk-of-errors/
categories:
  - "AI"
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "Generative AI"
  - "LinkedOut"
  - "Technology"
---

# How to Use AI to Solve Math Problems Without the Risk of Errors

Here is the exception to never letting generative AI do math: Do have it write the code to do math. I wanted to work out a dilution calculation for a chemical solution. I know it sucks at math. For a task like this I would not trust that the model could do the calculation correctly. But I know it doesn’t suck at code. So instead I tell it to write the code to do the math. And it does that so well. It instead makes a calculator to do the math, and you can, if you want, inspect the code to see that the math is right. Why? Because large language models are good at language. Math isn’t language, but coding sure is. Don’t ask generative AI to do math. Do ask it to write you a calculator to do the math. You’ll get great results every time.

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