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As far as I can tell this error depends on the LLM assuming rabbits (as opposed to pumas) eat carrots -- if you just append "Note: this rabbit doesn't eat carro

As far as I can tell this error depends on the LLM assuming rabbits (as opposed to pumas) eat carrots -- if you just append "Note: this rabbit doesn't eat carrots" GPT-4 will answer correctly on the first go. > 1, First, take the puma across the river and leave it on the other side.

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akiselev 3y ago
Did you try it more than once? First run: 1. First, take the rabbit across the river and leave it on the other side. - https://imgur.com/a/ZwoBTah https://imgur.com/a/ZwoBTah Second run: 1. Take the rabbit across the river. - https://imgur.com/a/Faq95U5 https://imgur.com/a/Faq95U5 Third run: 1. First, take the puma across the river and leave it on the other side. - https://imgur.com/a/eIUeHM3 https://imgur.com/a/eIUeHM3
- jtmoulia 3y ago
  True the temperature is throwing it, I just ran it four times and it got it right 3 / 4 -- still better than I'd expected from the initial description of it's shortcomings.
- jtmoulia 3y ago
  Ah, one more tweak I was curious about: even with the default chat temperature I haven't seen GPT-4 get the prompt wrong once with this addendum: > Note the rabbit doesn't eat carrots. Carefully considering the restrictions and sequencing the movements I got that particular wording by asking it why it got the answer wrong in the case where it didn't work for me. Interestingly, this underscores one of the points of the articles: giving the LLMs time to think, which is what this additional prompting seems to do.
  - akiselev 3y ago
    You're not giving the LLM "time to think". It is incapable of thinking. You're just inputting random magic incantations into a glorified Markov chain. You might as well ask it "did you check your answer?" Computer says "yes" because that's what humans do (also lie). > Note the rabbit doesn't eat carrots. Kaboodly consooodle the retroodle and seqooodle the moodle. Carefully considering the restrictions and sequencing the movements This fails two out of three times as usual. Trying to finagle this prompt is not an intellectual exercise, it is a waste of time that exploits cognitive biases.

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akiselev 3y ago

Did you try it more than once? First run: 1. First, take the rabbit across the river and leave it on the other side. - https://imgur.com/a/ZwoBTah https://imgur.com/a/ZwoBTah Second run: 1. Take the rabbit across the river. - https://imgur.com/a/Faq95U5 https://imgur.com/a/Faq95U5 Third run: 1. First, take the puma across the river and leave it on the other side. - https://imgur.com/a/eIUeHM3 https://imgur.com/a/eIUeHM3

jtmoulia 3y ago
True the temperature is throwing it, I just ran it four times and it got it right 3 / 4 -- still better than I'd expected from the initial description of it's shortcomings.
jtmoulia 3y ago
Ah, one more tweak I was curious about: even with the default chat temperature I haven't seen GPT-4 get the prompt wrong once with this addendum: > Note the rabbit doesn't eat carrots. Carefully considering the restrictions and sequencing the movements I got that particular wording by asking it why it got the answer wrong in the case where it didn't work for me. Interestingly, this underscores one of the points of the articles: giving the LLMs time to think, which is what this additional prompting seems to do.
- akiselev 3y ago
  You're not giving the LLM "time to think". It is incapable of thinking. You're just inputting random magic incantations into a glorified Markov chain. You might as well ask it "did you check your answer?" Computer says "yes" because that's what humans do (also lie). > Note the rabbit doesn't eat carrots. Kaboodly consooodle the retroodle and seqooodle the moodle. Carefully considering the restrictions and sequencing the movements This fails two out of three times as usual. Trying to finagle this prompt is not an intellectual exercise, it is a waste of time that exploits cognitive biases.