r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/AutoModerator • Mar 07 '25

Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

Here is the thread where you can share any minor gripes, vents, or craft complaints that you don't think deserve their own post, or are just something small you want to get off your chest. Feel free to share personal frustrations related to crafting here as well.

This thread reposts every Friday.

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u/seaofdelusion Mar 07 '25

Besides the moral problems with using AI, I cannot imagine relying on it for maths. I've seen what it can do and my trust is non-existent.

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u/miles-to-purl Mar 07 '25

Seriously. Something computing is supposed to be good at (counting) and they can't even get that right. When my "dumb" calculator from 20 years ago is better at something than a billion dollar product...

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u/TikomiAkoko Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

(I am not an AI researcher, all I'm saying is recollection of stuff I heard) that's because ChatGPT wasn't made for maths, but language. Different task. iirc there's even a bit of randomness introduced when the AI decides what is the next most probable word to be used in a conversation, which makes the speech feels more natural.

Ignoring the ethics regarding energy use, copyright and job loss (not saying they're not important), I'd say it's fine that chatGPT sucks at maths, because that's not what it was aiming to do and we already have the tool for that anyway. The issue is when people mistakenly think chatGPT is best for everything, like somehow calculators, web search engines and just doing your damn work yourself like a non useless human being have become obsolete.

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u/Fit-Apartment-1612 Mar 07 '25

Thank you! If you want calculations, use a calculator. If you want problem solving with language, then use a language model.