alt Hacker NewsI just asked ChatGPT to multiply two 4-digit numbers, and two 7-digit numbers without external help. It got both right. I'm sure it wouldn't have a 100% success rate, but saying it can't do arithmetic is just false.
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Xirdus • today at 12:06 AM
I tried prompt "6379 times 3875" and it was off by exactly 1000 on first try, and correct on second. 0% success rate, sample size of 1.
tremon • yesterday at 11:08 PM
Are you sure it honoured your stipulation of "without external help"? For all we know, it hacked its way into Wolfram Alpha and got the result from there.
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guelo • yesterday at 11:25 PM
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I would be nice to see what the (unencrypted) reasoning trace is like. Multiplication with scratch paper is not particularly difficult.