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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they are both shit at adding and subtracting numbers, dates and whatnot... they both cant do basic math unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a language model, I don't know why you would expect math. Tell it to output code to perform the math, that'll work just fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then it should say so instead of attempting and failing at the one thing computers are supposed to be better than us at

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know. It's still baffling how much it messes up when adding two numbers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just asked GPT-4:

What's 7 * 8 divided by 10, to the power of 3?

Its reply:

Let's break this down step by step:

First, multiply 7 and 8 to get 56.

Then, divide 56 by 10 to get 5.6.

Finally, raise 5.6 to the power of 3 (5.6 * 5.6 * 5.6) to get 175.616.

So, 7 * 8 divided by 10, to the power of 3 equals 175.616

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's not baffling at all... It's a language model, not a math robot. It's designed to write English sentences, not to solve math problems.