I taught ChatGPT to CORRECTLY perform long-addition on 15-digit numbers (old.reddit.com) 4 points by redbar0n 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] redbar0n 3y ago ↗ "ChatGPT can't do math" is the general impression.> "Why is ChatGPT bad at math?" > https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/38220/why-is-chatgpt-...> "ChatGPT: Can't calculate even basic math. Is it getting dumber?" > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33982910But this demonstration is a response to that, showing that it can perform addition, if taught to do so, in a manner similar to how we learn addition.This was the input used, which you can play with yourself: https://old.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/107znvo/chatgpt_ca...Please note that when ChatGPT conveys the 15 digit sum in the last sentence it says the wrong number, but it gets the "Result: " correct (immediately above). [–] [deleted] 3y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 16.2 ms ] thread> "Why is ChatGPT bad at math?" > https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/38220/why-is-chatgpt-...
> "ChatGPT: Can't calculate even basic math. Is it getting dumber?" > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33982910
But this demonstration is a response to that, showing that it can perform addition, if taught to do so, in a manner similar to how we learn addition.
This was the input used, which you can play with yourself: https://old.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/107znvo/chatgpt_ca...
Please note that when ChatGPT conveys the 15 digit sum in the last sentence it says the wrong number, but it gets the "Result: " correct (immediately above).