Another key difference is that the answers calculators provide are accurate
People keep comparing ChatGPT to a calculator to me and like even if it were that simple of a comparison you still need to learn math. You still need to be able to count and do arithmetic before you rely on the calculator. And you should be able to do easy math in your head and by hand
May 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Another key difference is that the answers calculators provide are accurate
Incognito mode for calculators
April 19, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Incognito mode for calculators
The semiliterate people who use chatgpt like to point to calculators as a precedent of assistive technology but the thing is: calculators actually calculate.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
June 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The semiliterate people who use chatgpt like to point to calculators as a precedent of assistive technology but the thing is: calculators actually calculate.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
Stop making me think about these nerds having sex parties. Shoving calculators into each other’s holes and so forth
September 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Stop making me think about these nerds having sex parties. Shoving calculators into each other’s holes and so forth
I love how technology skipped from calculators to end-of-humanity without figuring out escalators that don’t break
September 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I love how technology skipped from calculators to end-of-humanity without figuring out escalators that don’t break
Immigrants stole all the Portland calculators
WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?
VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control
W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland
V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly
VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control
W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland
V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Immigrants stole all the Portland calculators
The best example is calculators. It’s important to learn the basis, but also calculators are amazing
September 23, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The best example is calculators. It’s important to learn the basis, but also calculators are amazing
THIEVES IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW BRINGING CALCULATORS WITH THEM WHEN THEY BREAK INTO STORES.
August 15, 2024 at 8:59 PM
THIEVES IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW BRINGING CALCULATORS WITH THEM WHEN THEY BREAK INTO STORES.
The last tech I got excited about was solar calculators.
February 18, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The last tech I got excited about was solar calculators.
This is a medical doctor who is unaware of calculators. 🤡
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is a medical doctor who is unaware of calculators. 🤡
AI generated online calculators please just disappear and never come back
July 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
AI generated online calculators please just disappear and never come back
can calculators get horny for big naturals? big tech wrestles with the “80085” question of our time
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
can calculators get horny for big naturals? big tech wrestles with the “80085” question of our time
The emperor has no clothes, the courtiers have no calculators, and somehow they’re all in charge.
April 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The emperor has no clothes, the courtiers have no calculators, and somehow they’re all in charge.
Who remembers spelling curse words on their digital calculators?
I imagine it will be more akin to how we used "tech" when we were in school too: such as, looking up "bad" words in the dictionary like "breast", "penis", and "tit mouse" and then laughing our heads off. I can only imagine the things they'll try to get Keynes to say :).
July 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Who remembers spelling curse words on their digital calculators?
Folks, for too long has Texas Instruments been using solar power for calculators. Texas, an oil state, unbelievable. It's a total scam, just like how they call themselves instruments when you can't even play YMCA on em'. I am signing an executive order to make the calculators powered by oil....
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Folks, for too long has Texas Instruments been using solar power for calculators. Texas, an oil state, unbelievable. It's a total scam, just like how they call themselves instruments when you can't even play YMCA on em'. I am signing an executive order to make the calculators powered by oil....
If pocket calculators regularly and randomly gave you incorrect answers to your queries like ChatGPT does, we would have left the technology behind, not insisted that 2+2=5 is HERE TO STAY, BABY.
Funny, that’s what we thought about pocket calculators in 1974
July 30, 2026 at 2:52 AM
If pocket calculators regularly and randomly gave you incorrect answers to your queries like ChatGPT does, we would have left the technology behind, not insisted that 2+2=5 is HERE TO STAY, BABY.
I have bad news about calculators
March 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I have bad news about calculators
I was using Ferrari calculators
November 27, 2024 at 10:26 PM
I was using Ferrari calculators
The Rise of Fake Casio Scientific Calculators
The Rise of Fake Casio Scientific Calculators
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The Rise of Fake Casio Scientific Calculators
To anyone saying "well this is true for calculators and search engines too."
Calculators are reliable. Search engines are as reliable as the sources provided. Ai randomly generates answers that sound correct regardless of actual accuracy
Calculators are reliable. Search engines are as reliable as the sources provided. Ai randomly generates answers that sound correct regardless of actual accuracy
April 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
To anyone saying "well this is true for calculators and search engines too."
Calculators are reliable. Search engines are as reliable as the sources provided. Ai randomly generates answers that sound correct regardless of actual accuracy
Calculators are reliable. Search engines are as reliable as the sources provided. Ai randomly generates answers that sound correct regardless of actual accuracy
February 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
inside calculators are thousands of tiny horses just a-clippety cloppin
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
inside calculators are thousands of tiny horses just a-clippety cloppin
The thing is, calculators are accurate.
August 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The thing is, calculators are accurate.