Re:Why ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon
by skybrian on Saturday January 07, 2023 @03:09PM
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The trick is to get it to show its work first and then calculate the answer. If it guesses the wrong answer first and then writes out the steps, it won't correct it.
This works: "Find the area of an ellipse with semimajor axis 5 and semiminor axis 4. Don't calculate the result until the end."
Re:Why ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon
by raegis on Saturday January 07, 2023 @05:20PM
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After computing your example, I tried my original question which now gives the correct answer. In fact, it gives essentially the same response for both forms of the question. I guess the training works as it should.
Re:Why ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon
by tarl0s on Saturday January 07, 2023 @03:13PM
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Being not very good with numbers is one of the limitations of the current model. I imagine that in the future we will see integrations with a number of different tools to overcome these limits - WolframAlpha being the first one that comes to mind when talking about algebra and calculus.
Me> Find the area of an ellipse with semimajor axis 5 and semiminor axis 4.
ChatGPT> The area of an ellipse with semimajor axis 5 and semiminor axis 4 is 40π. You can find the area of an ellipse using the formula: A = πab, where A is the area of the ellipse, a is the length of the semimajor axis, and b is the length of the semiminor axis. In this case, the semimajor axis has length 5 and the semiminor axis has length 4, so plugging these values into the formula gives us: A = π(5)(4) = 40π.