A few weeks ago, I had a list of dollar amounts that I needed to sum up. I thought: “GPT is good at converting formats,” and copy-pasted them into ChatGPT. The result looked plausible. But I had a moment of doubt: why should GPT be good at addition? So I double-checked the sum myself. It turned out that GPT was wrong; the right number was $660.44.
#16: Notes on Arithmetic in GPT-4
#16: Notes on Arithmetic in GPT-4
#16: Notes on Arithmetic in GPT-4
A few weeks ago, I had a list of dollar amounts that I needed to sum up. I thought: “GPT is good at converting formats,” and copy-pasted them into ChatGPT. The result looked plausible. But I had a moment of doubt: why should GPT be good at addition? So I double-checked the sum myself. It turned out that GPT was wrong; the right number was $660.44.