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> So I worry that you think that the equal transit time thing is true, Wow. Thanks for your worry, but it's not a problem. I do understand the difference, and
by timr 1y ago
> So I worry that you think that the equal transit time thing is true,
Wow. Thanks for your worry, but it's not a problem. I do understand the difference, and yet it doesn't have anything to do with the argument I'm making, which is about presentation.
> It's not even a good lie-to-children, as it doesn't help predict or understand any part of the system at any level.
...which is irrelevant in the context. I get the meta-point that you're (sort of) making that you can't shut your brain off and just hope the bot spits out 100% pedantic explanations of scientific phenomenon. That's true, but also...fine?
These things are spitting out probable text. If (as many have observed) this is a common enough explanation to be in textbooks, then I'm not particularly surprised if an LLM emits it as well. The real question is: what happens when you prompt it to go deeper?
- drewbeck 1y agoYou're missing that this isn't an issue of granularity or specificity; "equal time" is just wrong. If this is "right enough" for you, I'm curious if you tell your bots to "go deeper" on every question you ask. And at what level you expect it to start telling you actual truths and not some oft-repeated lie.
- timr 1y agoI’m not “missing” it. I’m just not fixated on it. The answer got all of the following correct: * lift is created by pressure differential * pressure differential is created by difference in airspeed over the top of the wing * shape of the wing is a critical factor that results in airspeed difference All of those are true, and upstream of the thing you’re arguing about. The answer is not wrong. It’s not even “mostly wrong”. It’s mostly correct.