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Let AI speak in its mother tongue

https://manidoraisamy.com/ai-mother-tongue.html

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QueensGambit•1d ago

Hi HN,

I asked GPT-5 to count the characters in this essay [1]. Here's what happened:

- JavaScript: correct in 1ms

- GPT-5 with Python tool: correct in 26 seconds

- GPT-5 pure reasoning: wrong after 3.2 minutes

So why can't we let AI reason in Python or JavaScript instead of English? In this essay, I explore this question through graph transformers that preserve code structure rather than flattening it into token sequences. Thoughts?

[1] https://github.com/ManiDoraisamy/devforever/blob/c41f69283a8...

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