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A comment on Even GPT-5.2 Can't Count to Five: Zero-Error Horizons in Trustworthy LLMs. Parent comment

Re:Even GPT-5.2 Can't Count to Five: Zero-Error Horizons in ... by somethingweird on Thursday April 02, 2026 @05:12PM (#47620254)
Even parrots can count to 6 and more, I would be surprised if primates couldn't.
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Re:Even GPT-5.2 Can't Count to Five: Zero-Error Horizons in ... by BugsJustFindMe on Thursday April 02, 2026 @09:46PM (#47622401)
At least one has maybe been shown to be able to do that with 30 years of focused training, but none have been shown to be able without training. Wild parrots have only demonstrated subitizing and size discrimination, not counting.

The overeager do quite often confuse subitizing and size discrimination for counting, though. That's its own problem.

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