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0 pointsbsaul3y ago0 comments

In a way this is a bit less impressive than having chatgpt being able to generate those answers on its own only using learned information. This kinds of admits defeat regarding its ability to solve mathematical problems correctly or answer factual information.

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unit_circle3y ago

But doesn't this seem like the correct approach long term? Basically shelling out to what essentially amounts to a fact table when it gets a factual question

Vespasian3y ago

It is but it also shows current limitation of the reasoning skills of this models.

A super human AGI would easily be able to use tools like Wolfram Alpha and also derive most of it on the fly or from memory just by thinking about it.

If you set your expectations to AGI (right now) you will be disappointed but that doesn't mean it's not immensely useful.

Unfounded hype and real technological progress seem to go hand in hand.

flakeoil3y ago

Should Einstein not be allowed to use a calculator and instead waste his time on performing the calculations by hand?

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sp3323y ago

Yes, there's no point spending all that time and compute training and inferring ways to do math problems when you could just use a calculator.

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