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Don't ask a language model to do math, they're not very good at it. Next time ask it to write a script or a program to do it, it'll most likely one-shot it.

• chrisjj 1y ago
  > Don't ask a language model to do math, they're not very good at it. ... and not intelligent enough to know that, apparently.
  • theshrike79 1y ago
    It's not about intelligence, it's about the fact that they don't have an environment to run the program in. In theory the "count the 'r's in strawberry" type of things could just be run in the browser, which is a semi-safe environment.
    • chrisjj 1y ago
      I wasn't commenting about any program. The fact it doesn't know the method it does use is defective is defintely about intelligence. As is the fact it doesn't learn. If I give it the same task tomorrow, it will repeat the same mistake it admitted yesterday.
      • etothet 1y ago
        It doesn’t “know” anything.