Don’t Be Misled by GPT-4’s Gift of Gab
OpenAI’s new language program reveals a flaw in society’s understanding of “smart.”
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Yesterday, not four months after unveiling the text-generating AI ChatGPT, OpenAI launched its latest marvel of machine learning: GPT-4. The new large-language model (LLM) aces select standardized tests, works across languages, and can even detect the contents of images. But is GPT-4 smart?
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A Chatty Child
Before I get into OpenAI’s new robot wonder, a quick personal story.
As a high-school student studying for my college-entrance exams roughly two decades ago, I absorbed a, they are tests to test how you test.
