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I just tried ChatGPT and it ran this code. from datetime import datetime, timedelta # Current date current_date = datetime(2023, 11, 1) #
by insanitybit 3y ago
I just tried ChatGPT and it ran this code.
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
# Current date
current_date = datetime(2023, 11, 1)
# Calculate the date 140 days from now
future_date = current_date + timedelta(days=140)
future_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
Result: '2024-03-20'
The ability to execute code is kinda insane for these models.
- runarberg 3y agoDoesn’t that just mean it was trained with inputs and outputs from simple programs?
- insanitybit 3y agoNo, it's actually executing that Python code. This is what allows an LLM (or an 'llm based system', I guess) to do something like "reverse <some uuid that has never been observed before>" - it can't just memorize the output and map it to the input because the output has literally never been observed. Instead, if it knows the algorithm for reversing a string, it can just use that and offload the execution to Python.
- runarberg 3y agoThat is even less impressive. I was thinking—like normal linear models—it would be capable of interpolation.
- throwup238 3y agoIt is. It doesn’t even need an existing language. You can define your own psuedo language in the prompt and have ChatGPT “execute” it (works best with 4 nonturbo). You can even combine your pseudo language with natural language. See the OP’s custom GPT and the comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38594521 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38594521
- insanitybit 3y agoThat looks totally different. In the case of the Python code it is literally executing it by calling out to CPython.
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- no_identd 3y ago…got a source for that claim?
- throwup238 3y agohttps://help.openai.com/en/articles/8302319-why-can-t-i-see-code-interpreter https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8302319-why-can-t-i-see-... https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8437071-advanced-data-analysis-chatgpt-enterprise-version https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8437071-advanced-data-an...
- labaron 3y agoI checked those links and didn’t see it mentioned that python code is actually executed. Could you quote the relevant part?
- insanitybit 3y agohttps://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins#code-interpreter https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins#code-interpreter >We provide our models with a working Python interpreter in a sandboxed, firewalled execution environment, along with some ephemeral disk space. Code run by our interpreter plugin is evaluated in a persistent session that is alive for the duration of a chat conversation (with an upper-bound timeout) and subsequent calls can build on top of each other. We support uploading files to the current conversation workspace and downloading the results of your work. It really feels like I'm just googling for you, you had the feature name.
- insanitybit 3y agoWhy is it less impressive?
- runarberg 3y agoI would say creating a model which is able to interpolate from training data in a way which produces an accurate output of a new input is a little impressive (if only as a neat party trick), however anybody can run a python interpreter on a server somewhere. I’m sure there are use cases for this. But in the end it is only a simple feature added onto a—sometimes—marginally related service.
- insanitybit 3y agoHm, I don't think of it that way I guess. What the LLM is doing is generalizing a problem based on previous problems it has seen and then offloading the execution of that problem to a machine with some defined, specific semantics. This is a lot more than a party trick. The model is able to describe the program it wants to execute and now it can accurately execute that - that it 'offloads' the work to a specialized program seems fine to me. It's way more than a simple feature, this is enabling it to overcome one of the biggest limitations and criticisms of LLMs - it can answer questions it has never seen before.
- nomel 3y agoThere a code interpreter built in: https://www.pluralsight.com/resources/blog/data/chatgpt-code-interpreter-plugin-guide https://www.pluralsight.com/resources/blog/data/chatgpt-code...
- amelius 3y agoSo it only works if the code is 100% correct. Which according to my experience doesn't happen often.
- nomel 3y agoSure, don’t expect perfection, but it still works great.
- insanitybit 3y agoMost of the time it's just doing really simple stuff like this.
- block_dagger 3y agoHere’s the python ChatGPT-4 produced and ran with the title prompt: # Number of elephants total_elephants = 10 # Elephants with legs elephants_with_legs = total_elephants - 2 # Number of legs for an elephant legs_per_elephant = 4 # Total legs total_legs = elephants_with_legs * legs_per_elephant total_legs Its actual response was correct.
- insanitybit 3y agoYeah, ChatGPT gave me the correct answer without even needing Python in the case of the title.
- edanm 3y agoInteresting, I copied the text into gpt 4 and it did run python as well.
- londons_explore 3y agoRemembering that the correct answer is 40 because 'legless' is slang for 'drunk'?
- TheCleric 3y agoIs that regional? I’ve never heard that euphemism.
- pvorb 3y agoCalling a drunk person legless is hardly an euphemism.
- londons_explore 3y agoIt is commonly used in British English. In fact, there is a famous comedy sketch about it that also uses the word 'caravaned'
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- karateka 3y agoIt’s kind of funny that they can more reliably spit out code that will give an answer than actually output the answer as text. I guess it’s a workaround that works well for many cases
- bmicraft 3y agoHumans can also more reliably use a calculator (which is basically what python is) for big numbers than doing it in their heads. I think it makes sense. This reminds me, I've had an alias for calc='python -ic "from math import *' for a long time now. It comes handy more often than you'd think.
- fragmede 3y agobc or octave if you need some real power
- nurettin 3y agoStill not worth $20/mo
- leereeves 3y agoIt even correctly adjusted for the leap year. But is that actually output from a LLM, or is ChatGPT just running the Python code through a Python interpreter?
- tim333 3y agoInterpreter.