Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT
by drexlspivey on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:17PM
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He also asked Stephen Wolfram some random Mathematica question that you can easily google or find in the docs. Like imagine emailing Tim Cook asking how to put your phone on silent.
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Yeah that's funny. I'm sure Wolfram is happy to answer his questions.
Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT
by banku_brougham on Saturday May 20, 2023 @01:31PM
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I think Tim Cook has been asked this question at least once by one of his contemporaries.
Sometimes people just enjoy a friendly correspondence.
When your Knuth you don’t need to bother searching for things.
Who here would ignore even the most mundane question from him?
In return I bet Wolframs gets to ask Knuth his TeX questions.
If you are Knuth who has access and the privilege why not ask the THE authoritative source on a topic ? especially since Stephen Wolfram is only an email away for him.
It is also why ChatGPT is so impactful, asking a question in conversation is so much powerful than searching the docs .
The power of conversational learning is well known since Socrates time after all.