Do Language Models Know How Heavy an Elephant Is?

Re:Do Language Models Know How Heavy an Elephant Is? by rsfern on Saturday March 06, 2021 @06:51AM (#26366810)

Well even if you take the most symmetric halves by volume, the density of an ideal elephant is not uniform. Some organs don’t come in pairs and all that

I guess it depends on how many hairs you want to split and how precise you want the answer

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Re:Do Language Models Know How Heavy an Elephant Is? by Engineering-MD on Sunday March 07, 2021 @03:11AM (#26374170)

However most unpaired organs don’t contribute to a mass asymmetry. It’s thought this has evolved to aid with locomotion as any asymmetry will negative impact on efficiency

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Re:Do Language Models Know How Heavy an Elephant Is? by notum on Saturday March 06, 2021 @07:16AM (#26366904)

The answer can never be precise for the very reason that not all elephants weight the same (breed, age etc.).

I was looking for an average from the get-go, but a half is a half!

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Re:Do Language Models Know How Heavy an Elephant Is? by rsfern on Saturday March 06, 2021 @02:51PM (#26369997)

I agree with you that a reasonable answer is an average, but a half on a volume basis is not necessarily equivalent to a half on a mass basis

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