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Probably right. Most people dump on these language models for this reason but it would be absurd for a HS student to have to re-derive the quadratic equation ev
by adamsmith143 5y ago
Probably right. Most people dump on these language models for this reason but it would be absurd for a HS student to have to re-derive the quadratic equation every time they worked on an Algebra problem so naturally you memorize it. Why should it be any different for a language model?
- eutectic 5y agoI never memorized the quadratic formula, and I did OK.
- whimsicalism 5y agoDid you go to school in the US in the last 2-3 decades?
- replygirl 5y agoOnce you start calculus they let you use a real calculator
- whimsicalism 5y agoThat may be true, but in the US there are typically math courses before calculus.
- replygirl 5y agoBut then we get a calculator.
- adamsmith143 5y agoMaybe we went to radically different schools but I certainly had to calculate by hand using the quadratic formula countless times where calculators were not allowed to be used. Anyway it distracts from the point so it's not relevant.
- whimsicalism 5y agoEven then, it is typically not a symbolic calculator so if your answer is a closed form function of variables, you're SOL with a TI-84.
- eutectic 5y agoNo, the UK. But completing the square only takes a minute.
- whimsicalism 5y agoTry completing the square when the coefficients are variables :)