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Try to get chatgpt to solve a basic math problem using BEDMAS instead of PEMDAS, even with multiple interactions and reminders it still gets incredibly confused
by Widdershin 4y ago
Try to get chatgpt to solve a basic math problem using BEDMAS instead of PEMDAS, even with multiple interactions and reminders it still gets incredibly confused.
- wcoenen 4y agoChatGPT cannot correctly perform step by step operations within strict formal systems. On the other hand, it can provide a high level sketch of how tomathematically prove something[1]. I think this is amazing, because this is the opposite of how we normally think about computers. ChatGPT is highly intuitive instead of a formal reasoning system. No doubt some future AIs will combine this intuition with checks against formal verification engines to check correctness. [1] Section 6 of https://yaofu.notion.site/How-does-GPT-Obtain-its-Ability-Tracing-Emergent-Abilities-of-Language-Models-to-their-Sources-b9a57ac0fcf74f30a1ab9e3e36fa1dc1 https://yaofu.notion.site/How-does-GPT-Obtain-its-Ability-Tr...