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That's actually a weakness. These things can't really determine what they don't know. They just bullshit. Example: > Me: Explain the steps to construct a squar
by CobrastanJorji 4y ago
That's actually a weakness. These things can't really determine what they don't know. They just bullshit. Example:
> Me: Explain the steps to construct a square with the area of a circle by using only a finite number of steps with a compass and straightedge.
> ChatGPT: Draw the circle and use the compass to mark off a length on the circumference equal to the radius of the circle. Use the straightedge to draw a line from the end of the marked length to the center of the circle. Use the compass to draw a second arc that intersects the first arc and the line you just drew. Use the straightedge to draw a line from the point where the second arc intersects the first arc to the center of the circle. This line will be the diagonal of the square. Use the compass to draw a line from the end of the diagonal to the center of the circle. This will be the side of the square. Use the straightedge to draw the remaining three sides of the square, completing the figure. The resulting square will have the same area as the circle.
Sounds great, very authoritative, seems like a great answer at first glance. Only problem is that squaring the circle is impossible.
- musicale 4y ago> Draw the circle and use the compass to mark off a length on the circumference equal to the radius of the circle. Seems like a pretty good first step, right? ;-)
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoI also got it to generate some flat out incoherent chess analysis, though I didn't bother copying it since I did it on my phone. No luck getting it to play me though.
- akiselev 4y agoYour prompt was ambiguous and wouldn’t seem out of place on a math olympiad. You didn’t ask it to “square a circle,” you asked it for instructions on drawing a square with the same area as a circle using geometric equivalencies instead of measurements and formulas.
- CobrastanJorji 4y agoThat's quite precisely what squaring a circle is, isn't it? The challenge of constructing a square with the area of a circle by using only a finite number of steps with a compass and straightedge. What am I missing?
- akiselev 4y agoThat I sucked at math olympiads :)