ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad

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This discussion focuses on the performance of ChatGPT in solving mathematical problems and understanding complex concepts. Users report mixed results, with ChatGPT accurately solving simple arithmetic but struggling with more complex calculations and logical reasoning. For instance, while it correctly identified the sum of 32,498,377 and 32,049,480, it incorrectly computed their product. The consensus is that ChatGPT relies primarily on word prediction rather than a robust logical framework, which limits its effectiveness in scientific and engineering contexts compared to more text-based fields like law.

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Hornbein said:
I asked ChatGPT to prove something and it gave me a load of BS. I didn't know enough to tell, I had to have some mathematicians look at it. This soured me on such things. But I suppose these people are using a better version.

Being unable to understand a proof I gave ChatGPT another chance : please explain this to me. Its mien is today quite different from its sycophancy of yesteryear. It's tone was more "you chump, it's frustrating that your feeble brain is unable to grasp my perfectly clear explanation", this spiced up with lots of bold and italic emphasis to drive its points home. It was entirely true that I was looking at it from a direction that would never lead to a decent proof but that's the perspective that interested me, dammit. I didn't particularly like its tone but it was far better than being served with the BS of yore. It was also better than asking at MathStack. Not only is the response much quicker, my experience at MathStack is that after completely failing to understand what I wanted they would delete my questions as too poorly framed to engage with.

In sum, ChatGPT has made great progress but room for improvement.
 
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It's tone is selectable. I've gotten asked more than once what tone Id like. Perhaps theres a setting you've got turned on.
 
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Like the Monty Python "argument clinic"?
 

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