[Python] Can I change the default __add__ method in Python?

Is it possible to change the default __add__ method to do something else than just add?

For example, if the goal is with this line: 5+5 get The answer is 10 or anything else like 0 by changing __add__ to be x-y instead of x+y?

I know I can change __add__ in my own classes:

class Vec():
def __init__(self,x,y):
self.x = x
self.y = y

def __repr__(self):
return f'{self.x, self.y}'

def __add__(self, other):
self.x += other.x
self.y += other.y
return Vec(self.x,self.y)


v1 = Vec(1,2)
v2 = Vec(5,3)

v1+v2
# (6, 5)


Can I somehow target the default __add__ method to change its behaviour? I intuitively think that __add__ is defined in each default data type to return specific results, but then again, the __add__ method is what we address when changing it for a specific class, so, is it possible to change the main __add__ logic?

Something along these lines?

class __add__():
...

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