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A basic calculator can perform a wide variety of operations. How does the claculator 'get' the concept of adding two numbers in the same way a human does? I dont think people that make claculators store every possible result of every possible addition on the chip before shipping it. Soemhow the chip needs to 'learn' how to add.

I mean if I were to start with a blank slate(chip) and 'teach' the chip to perform calculations(additions), how do i go about it? Do i need to learn artificial nural networks first?

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  1. Work in binary: 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101...

  2. Know your math: 0+0=00, 0+1=01, 1+0=01, 1+1=10

  3. Know your logic: or, and, not, xor...

  4. Find that the low bit is a XOR and the high bit is a AND.

  5. Expand the principle of one bit to 8, 16, 32, 64 bits

  6. Build it with logic gates.

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If you want to know more, see my answer to How is fundamental mathematics efficiently evaluated by programming languages?

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