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LLMs don’t do time/date calculations at all. They’re just good enough at predicting the next word to trick us into thinking they can.
by mtsolitary 2y ago
LLMs don’t do time/date calculations at all. They’re just good enough at predicting the next word to trick us into thinking they can.
- jasomill 2y agoWolframAlpha is my go-to for one-off calculations involving either durations and units. For your example, the WolframAlpha query "time in London at 1:39 pm MST on October 13" returns the correct answer, "9:39:00 pm BST | Sunday, October 13, 2024"[1]. While WolframAlpha's natural language processing is hit-or-miss, its responses clearly state assumptions made in the face of ambiguity. In this example: Assuming "MST" is a named time zone Assuming "time" is referring to a calendar computation Assuming month/day Assuming Mountain Time (United States; no observed DST rule) Assuming London (United Kingdom) [1] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=time+in+London+at+1%3A39+pm+MST+on+October+13 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=time+in+London+at+1%3A3...
- AStonesThrow 2y agoThank you kindly! It seems that WolframAlpha is venerable and stable. I first heard of it long, long ago. (Was it only released in 2009? Seems older.) It must have amazing staying power. It seemed like a quite powerful tool. Why is it such a well-kept secret?