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The original text is: Ἠιτήσθω ἀπὸ παντὸς σημείου ἐπὶ πᾶν σημεῖον εὐθεῖαν γραμμὴν ἀγαγεῖν. Roughly: let it be required that from any point to any point it is po
by pama 2y ago
The original text is: Ἠιτήσθω ἀπὸ παντὸς σημείου ἐπὶ πᾶν σημεῖον εὐθεῖαν γραμμὴν ἀγαγεῖν. Roughly: let it be required that from any point to any point it is possible to draw a straight line.
Both gpt4o and o1 roughly know the correct original text, so prompting, the model’s background memory, or random chance may influence your outcomes, though hopefully (in an improved model) you should never get you incorrect info.
https://farside.ph.utexas.edu/Books/Euclid/Elements.pdf https://farside.ph.utexas.edu/Books/Euclid/Elements.pdf
Edit: in case it isnt clear, I could not reproduce this error on my end with o1-mini
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- roywiggins 2y agoit's definitely wrong though, "exactly one" straight line between two points is a different postulate and a stronger one. Euclid has been translated, restated, and re-presented in enough books and textbooks that I'd expect a big-enough LLM to have actually memorized this correctly tbh
- pama 2y agoAgreed. That is what the original poster said. I didnt manage to reproduce the error on my end, but I dont know the full context or maybe the memory on my end changes the output.