Number's up: Calculators hold out against AI
The device's enduring reliability equates to millions of sales each year for Japan's Casio, which is even eyeing expansion in certain regions. Despite lightning-speed advances in artificial intelligence, chatbots still sometimes stumble on basic addition. In contrast, "calculators always give the correct answer," Casio executive Tomoaki Sato told AFP. But he conceded that calculators could one day go the way of the abacus. "It's undeniable that the market for personal calculators used in business is on a downward trend," Sato said in Tokyo.