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As far as ChatGPT goes, you may as well be asking: Can AI use a calculator? The answer is yes, it can utilize a stateful python environment and solve complex m

As far as ChatGPT goes, you may as well be asking: Can AI use a calculator? The answer is yes, it can utilize a stateful python environment and solve complex mathematical equations with ease.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
There is a difference between correctly stating that 2 + 2 = 4 within a set of logical rules and proving that 2 + 2 = 4 must be true given the rules.
- alphan0n 2y ago
  I think you misunderstood, ChatGPT can utilize Python to solve a mathematical equation and provide proof. https://chatgpt.com/share/676980cb-d77c-8011-b469-4853647f9804 https://chatgpt.com/share/676980cb-d77c-8011-b469-4853647f98... More advanced solutions: https://chatgpt.com/share/6769895d-7ef8-8011-8171-6e84f3310366 https://chatgpt.com/share/6769895d-7ef8-8011-8171-6e84f33103...
cruffle_duffle 2y ago
It still has to know what to code in that environment. And based on my years of math as a wee little undergrad, the actual arithmetic was the least interesting part. LLM’s are horrible at basic arithmetic, but they can use python for the calculator. But python wont help them write the correct equations or even solve for the right thing (wolfram alpha can do a bit of that though)
- alphan0n 2y ago
  You’ll have to show me what you mean. I’ve yet to encounter an equation that 4o couldn’t answer in 1-2 prompts unless it timed out. Even then it can provide the solution in a Jupyter notebook that can be run locally.
  - cruffle_duffle 2y ago
    Never really pushed it. I have to reason to believe it wouldn’t get most of that stuff correctly. Math is very much like programming and I’m sure it can output really good python for its notebook to use execute.
    - alphan0n 2y ago
      > I have to reason to believe it wouldn’t get most of that stuff correctly. Right, so that reasoning is based on what, exactly?
  - skydhash 2y ago
    > I’ve yet to encounter an equation that 4o couldn’t answer in 1-2 prompts unless it timed out. I've yet to encounter one of such sessions where the person is not handholding the LLMs during the whole process, basically describing the solution (instead of the problem) in natural language.
    - alphan0n 2y ago
      You’ll have to show me what you mean, that’s not my experience at all.
alphan0n 2y ago
Awful lot of shy downvotes.. Why not say something if you disagree?

As far as ChatGPT goes, you may as well be asking: Can AI use a calculator? The answer is yes, it can utilize a stateful python environment and solve complex mathematical equations with ease.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago

There is a difference between correctly stating that 2 + 2 = 4 within a set of logical rules and proving that 2 + 2 = 4 must be true given the rules.

alphan0n 2y ago
I think you misunderstood, ChatGPT can utilize Python to solve a mathematical equation and provide proof. https://chatgpt.com/share/676980cb-d77c-8011-b469-4853647f9804 https://chatgpt.com/share/676980cb-d77c-8011-b469-4853647f98... More advanced solutions: https://chatgpt.com/share/6769895d-7ef8-8011-8171-6e84f3310366 https://chatgpt.com/share/6769895d-7ef8-8011-8171-6e84f33103...

cruffle_duffle 2y ago

It still has to know what to code in that environment. And based on my years of math as a wee little undergrad, the actual arithmetic was the least interesting part. LLM’s are horrible at basic arithmetic, but they can use python for the calculator. But python wont help them write the correct equations or even solve for the right thing (wolfram alpha can do a bit of that though)

alphan0n 2y ago
You’ll have to show me what you mean. I’ve yet to encounter an equation that 4o couldn’t answer in 1-2 prompts unless it timed out. Even then it can provide the solution in a Jupyter notebook that can be run locally.
- cruffle_duffle 2y ago
  Never really pushed it. I have to reason to believe it wouldn’t get most of that stuff correctly. Math is very much like programming and I’m sure it can output really good python for its notebook to use execute.
  - alphan0n 2y ago
    > I have to reason to believe it wouldn’t get most of that stuff correctly. Right, so that reasoning is based on what, exactly?
- skydhash 2y ago
  > I’ve yet to encounter an equation that 4o couldn’t answer in 1-2 prompts unless it timed out. I've yet to encounter one of such sessions where the person is not handholding the LLMs during the whole process, basically describing the solution (instead of the problem) in natural language.
  - alphan0n 2y ago
    You’ll have to show me what you mean, that’s not my experience at all.

alphan0n 2y ago

Awful lot of shy downvotes.. Why not say something if you disagree?