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Why is ChatGPT more impressive than Wolfram Alpha?
- adastra22 4y agoWhat is impressive about wolfram alpha?
- upwardbound 4y agoSpeaking of which, I want to warn everyone that I've found that Wolfram Alpha is not always mathematically precise! Here is an easy and concerning way you can repro this: I noticed that if you put this formula into WolframAlpha, it gives a wrong answer. Input: 1’ 1” x 7’ 2.5” Primary result: 1125 sq inch (correct) Secondary result: 7.809 sq ft (WRONG) The correct sq ft is 7.8125 (exact) or 7.813 (rounded) Bug link: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i2d=true&i=1%E2%80%99+1%E2%80%9D+x+7%E2%80%99+2.5%E2%80%9D https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i2d=true&i=1%E2%80%99+1%E...
- eesmith 4y agoIt looks like a rounding difference in the display. The exact answer is 1124.5, which when rounded up to 4 significant digits is 1125 sq inch. 7.809 sq ft is the correct answer in sq ft, again, rounded to 4 significant digits. >>> (1*12 + 1 ) * (7*12 + 2.5) 1124.5 >>> ((1*12 + 1 ) * (7*12 + 2.5) ) / (12 * 12) 7.809027777777778 This is the decimal display of the closest float64 value to the exact rational answer of 2249/288 sq. ft (7 and 233/288 sq. ft., or 7 sq. ft. and 116.5 sq. inches).
- oikawa_tooru 4y agoIt can actually solve some pretty darn hard mathematical problems while chatgpt is struggling with simple arithmetic at the moment
- DDDmatter 4y agoPrompt: “Why was Shah Jahan overthrown by his son?” Another: “Why was the black Taj Mahal not built?”
- yetihehe 4y agoBecause for wolfram alpha to be usable, you need some specialist knowledge on what exactly you want to ask. ChatGPT allows anyone to just ask a computer something and it responds almost like normal people would do. It mostly crossed that uncanny valley of chatbots.