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I love to show that kind of shit to AI boosters. (In case you're wondering, the numbers were chosen randomly and the answer is incorrect).

They go waaa waaa its not a calculator, and then I can point out that it got the leading 6 digits and the last digit correct, which is a lot better than it did on the "softer" parts of the test.

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[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Why would you think the machine that’s designed to make weighted guesses at what the next token should be would be arithmetically sound?

That’s not how any of this works (but you already knew that)

[-] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 4 points 18 hours ago

@lIlIlIlIlIlIl @diz "We made the computer worse at arithmetic! Look how smart we are! This is surely the future!"

[-] diz@awful.systems 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The funny thing is, even though I wouldn't expect it to be, it is still a lot more arithmetically sound than what ever is it that is going on with it claiming to use a code interpreter and a calculator to double check the result.

It is OK (7 out of 12 correct digits) at being a calculator and it is awesome at being a lying sack of shit.

[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

lying sack of shit

Random tokens can’t lie to you, because they’re strings of text. Interpreting this as a lie is an interesting response

[-] swlabr@awful.systems 17 points 2 days ago

lol the corollary of this is that LLMs are incapable of producing meaningful output, you insufferable turd

[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Im using it literally every single day to make huge gains. Every single day I disprove this comment

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 4 points 18 hours ago

huge gains

This just makes me think that this person is lifting weights. And also using a forlift. Such an odd choice of words.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 15 hours ago

I was trying so, so, so hard not to make a "Huuj Ayns" (or similar) joke

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago
[-] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 1 day ago

AI boosters are people who literally cannot tell good from bad, yet again

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago

Visions of the promptfan walking into those kind of premium mediocre restaurants came to mind here

[-] self@awful.systems 20 points 2 days ago

I knew you were a lying promptfondler the instant you came into the thread, but I didn’t expect you to start acting like a gymbro trying to justify their black market steroid habit. new type of AI booster unlocked!

now fuck off

[-] swlabr@awful.systems 13 points 2 days ago

cool story, bro

[-] diz@awful.systems 12 points 2 days ago

That's why I say "sack of shit" and not say "bastard".

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