Notes From the Desk are periodic informal posts that summarize recent topics of interest or other brief notable commentary.Why LLMs Don’t Ask For CalculatorsA simple observation of LLM behavior can tell us much more than might be apparent at first. Why don’t LLMs ask for calculators for work they cannot do? The answer will tell us much about LLM reasoning.Recently making the rounds on social media is the following chart, which shows the current progress of one of the top LLM models at performing...