Wednesday, August 28, 2024

"Why AI can’t spell ‘strawberry’"

If I only had a brain...

From TechCrunch, August 27:

How many times does the letter “r” appear in the word “strawberry”? According to formidable AI products like GPT-4o and Claude, the answer is twice.

Large language models (LLMs) can write essays and solve equations in seconds. They can synthesize terabytes of data faster than humans can open up a book. Yet, these seemingly omniscient AIs sometimes fail so spectacularly that the mishap turns into a viral meme, and we all rejoice in relief that maybe there’s still time before we must bow down to our new AI overlords.

The failure of large language models to understand the concepts of letters and syllables is indicative of a larger truth that we often forget: These things don’t have brains....

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Which brings to mind the question all America is asking: What was the deal between Dorothy and the Scarecrow?