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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can prove to you ChatGPT doesn't have a mind. Just open up the Sunday Times Cryptic Crossword and ask ChatGPT to solve and explain the clues.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm confused by this idea. Maybe I'm just seeing it from the wrong point of view. If you asked me to do the same thing I would fail miserably.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Not the original intent, but you’d likely immediately throw your hands up and say you don’t know, an LLM would hallucinate an answer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But some humans can, since they require simultaneous understanding of words' meanings as well as how they are spelled

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What should we conclude about most humans who cannot solve these crosswords?

It should be relatively easy to train an LLM to solve these puzzles. I am not sure what that would show.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Can you please explain the reasoning behind the test?