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Generative AI is quite bad a doing math and I would not believe the results it "guesses".

Generally speaking, it's true. AI is quite bad at arithmetic. But as AI started learning to use tools things can be different. Haven't really looked into this but I think ChatGPT with WolframAlpha plugin (https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-plugin-chatgpt/) can be helpful.

People won't use generative models when they already have a clear plan about what they're about to calculate - they'll use a calculator. When employing generative models, we're more like asking the AI for some insights on "how to compute" or "what to compute". Automatically performing these calculations and obtaining the result is more like a bonus.

Mathematica and wolfram are in a different pricing tier, so hissab is like a poor man's mathematica.

Agreed. Looking forward to exciting features!

Calculating with natural language may seem promising, but is not as productive as traditional calculators, especially when the "natural language" is actually a fixed grammar resembling natural language instead of employing fully extensible natural language (with AI, for example).

According to its documentation, this calculator has really limited capabilities. and it even charges for functions like calculating averages and converting currency.

I suspect that the audience for this type of software is quite limited, primarily inexperienced users. Users seeking higher productivity may either consider advanced software like Mathematica, or ChatGPT/WolframAlpha for general natural language questions.