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0 pointssebzim45003y ago0 comments

>As long as it comes across some reasoning process that have not been seen before in the training wordset, which can be as easy as a middle school math question

Is this true even if you tell it to show its working? In my experience that drastically improves its ability to do math problems.

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Aperocky3y ago

At the end of the day it's still a language prediction model.

Which means whatever apparent logic you're getting out of it is from text that it has learned. not reasoning embedded within those text, but the actual text itself.

petilon3y ago

It can't solve quadratic equations.

sebzim4500OP3y ago

Prompt: solve x^2 + 11x + 30 = 0. Show your working

Answer: To solve this equation, we can use the quadratic formula:

x = (-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)) / (2a)

Plugging in the values for a, b, and c, we get:

x = (-11 +/- sqrt(11^2 - 4130)) / (2*1)

x = (-11 +/- sqrt(121 - 120)) / 2

x = (-11 +/- sqrt(1)) / 2

x = (-11 +/- 1) / 2

x = -5 or x = -6

So the solutions to the equation are x = -5 and x = -6.

fnordpiglet3y ago

That’s true of almost all humans too. You’re self selecting for the elite you belong to.

roflyear3y ago

Largely yes. Some prompts can make it better or worse.

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