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0 pointsfamouswaffles2y ago0 comments

This is wrong. The token predictor will learn algorithms for math.

You can ask GPT-4 arbitrary arithmetic it could never see in it's training set. Even when it's not completely correct, it's extremely close. It is clearly computing algorithms even if those algorithms are not quite right.

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spywaregorilla2y ago· 2 in thread

It is clearly not computing these algorithms. Getting close is more evidence of that than otherwise.

Being able to infer answers to math problems is a thing that humans can do, and that's fine. It's not as good as doing the math though.

famouswafflesOP2y ago

It is computing algorithms. There's no debate here.

The question is whether it is computing the right ones.

spywaregorilla2y ago

It is not computing the right ones. There is no debate there. These algorithms do not map inputs to outputs reliably.

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