Comment by pshirshov
4 years ago
Well, I asked it to explain me a proof of Fermat's last theorem and it replied with some incoherent bullshit: "Fermat’s Last Theorem states that no three positive integers x, y, and z can satisfy the equation xn + yn = zn for any integer value of n greater than two. Here is a proof of the theorem using mathematical induction: Base case: It can be easily seen that no three positive integers x, y, and z can satisfy the equation x2 + y2 = z2. Inductive step: Assume that the statement is true for all values of n less than or equal to some n0. We must then show that the statement is true for n0 + 1. Let x, y, and z be arbitrary positive integers satisfying xn0 + yn0"
So, at this point I'm not concerned about it taking over the whole industries.
I would be really concerned if it replied that the output limit is not enough to show me the full proof though.
Exactly. The problem with ChatGPT, GPT-3, etc is that it is unable to transparently explain itself as to how it got to that 'incoherent bullshit'. It just spits an output and can't explain why except for saying:
"As a language model, I do not have the ability to provide mathematical proofs or solve mathematical problems. My primary function is to generate text based on the input that I receive, and I do not have access to external information or the ability to execute code."
So until it is able to transparently give a detailed explanation on how it got to that decision and is able to provide a novel approach to a solution to unsolved computer science and mathematical problems that it has not already been trained on before, then it is complete hype and mania.
Frankly speaking, this is not going to be taking over industries any time soon this is as long as it continues to repeat answers and incoherent jargon without any explanation.
From what I understand, it never will.
Its design is too far from what we call "intelligence", essentially it's just a fancy Markov process plus language rules.
GPT-2 is 4 years old and word2vec 9 years old. I feel like you're underestimating the rate at which we're progressing.