It’s trying to get there, but it seems to think you’re talking about starting with 50% and increasing that by 1/3 of the existing half.
Yeah, it’s definitely trying something. But it’s also showing the problems with LLM.
Like, did you legitimately Google it that way in an attempt find out the difference between half and a third?
I remember being able to put basic math problems into Google and it spit out the correct answer. But you’re right, that’s entirely on me for expecting Google to work right after all the enshitification. For the record, Wolfram Alpha gave the correct answer.
LLMs predict statistical likelihoods of words coming next. Them not being able to do math, unless explicitly given extra instructions to identify and do those problems, has been reported before, IIRC.
Yeah, it’s definitely trying something. But it’s also showing the problems with LLM.
I remember being able to put basic math problems into Google and it spit out the correct answer. But you’re right, that’s entirely on me for expecting Google to work right after all the enshitification. For the record, Wolfram Alpha gave the correct answer.
LLMs predict statistical likelihoods of words coming next. Them not being able to do math, unless explicitly given extra instructions to identify and do those problems, has been reported before, IIRC.
Pretty sure you can still do that if you don’t type it out as weird as possible…
But I haven’t tried to Google something in over a year.
Have fun tho I guess.