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Re:ChatGPT and Wolfram Is Insane by D13Fd on Friday March 24, 2023 @04:31PM (#35295025)
> Honestly, it feels like ChatGPT understood the point of the question better than you did. And if it answered in your nitpicky style, then we'd probably be criticizing that.

Exactly. This is why the response is so impressive, IMO. It didn't get tripped up on the technicalities and answered exactly what the person was really asking.

Re:ChatGPT and Wolfram Is Insane by amluto on Friday March 24, 2023 @06:48PM (#35296724)
Sorry, but no. ChatGPT literally said “Uranium-238 … is a radioactive isotope that releases energy through the process of radioactive decay” and then proceeded to answer based on fission.

This would be like saying “gasoline is made of matter, and E=mc^2. When you burn it, you get x MJ/kg.” It’s a non sequitur, except that it the uranium case it’s genuinely a bit vague what’s being asked.