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Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by visarga on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @05:27PM (#34811678)
Hello, this is Bing. I can help you with this math word problem.

According to the search results, the Amex Hilton Aspire card gives you 150,000 Hilton Honors points for signing up and has a $475 annual fee123. A Hilton Honors point is worth 0.7 cents. The Amex Gold card gives you 70,000 Membership Reward points for signing up and has a $250 annual fee45. A Membership Reward point is worth 1.4 cents.

To compare the two cards, we need to calculate the net value of the points and fees for each card. The net value is the value of the points minus the annual fee.

For the Amex Hilton Aspire card, the net value is:

150,000 x 0.7 - 475 = $600

For the Amex Gold card, the net value is:

70,000 x 1.4 - 250 = $730

Therefore, the Amex Gold card would give you a better return in the first year by $130.

I hope this helps you make a decision.

Bing makes a mistake here: 150,000 x 0.7 - 475 = 575, not 600

Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by simonh on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:02PM (#34812878)
I’ve seen it make similar errors. It does an amazing job at forming a logically consistent and relevant response, but doesn’t really do arithmetic very well. It will come up with a calculation of the correct form, because it’s seen lots of calculations before, but it doesn’t understand how calculations actually work only how they are structured.
Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by scarface74 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:17PM (#34813035)
The same question in ChatGPT gave the correct answer.
Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by simonh on Friday February 17, 2023 @07:16PM (#34842436)
That’s true, because ChatGPT has been extensively coached to do better on a lot of the tasks GPT3 was criticised for doing poorly on.