Comment by imzadi
1 month ago
Eh. I have a math degree. Aced all the advanced maths. Was the only one to get an A in Diff Eq. I love math. I've never been able to do simple math in my head. I can't even remember the times tables half the time. Simple math isn't really problem solving.
People who major in mathematics are really good at mathematical abstraction and are _notorious_ for their inability to do basic arithmetic. To the degree that it's a stereotype with a strong grounding it reality.
In college we had a rule for splitting the check at a restaurant: the youngest non-math major had to do it. Not being a math major, I'm not sure what happened when the table was all math majors. It wasn't a frequent occurence; there was a strong likelihood of a physicist or an engineer being around.
That's absolutely valid but running a simple query to an LLM uses the amount of electricity as running a lightbulb for 15 minutes
It would've been faster to open up the calculator app and type in the numbers and get an instant response instead of opening up the ChatGPT app, typing in your question, waiting dozens of seconds, and getting a long response back.
But you could if you wanted to, probably.
It’s one type of problem solving.