Post #3062631
2025-10-07 09:59 UTC
@knud@mastodon.social @nicolaromano@qoto.org @Kiloku@burnthis.town @eb@social.coop I agree that LLMs do not have an actual understanding of what a function is, and that they are ill-suited to perform calculations. However, for instance GPT-4o mini can assemble an Excel formula just fine. This is what I mean:
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@knud@mastodon.social 2025-10-07 10:07
@reinouts@mastodon.green @nicolaromano@qoto.org @Kiloku@burnthis.town @eb@social.coop Sure, because that's what a gazillion examples described beforehand. But it can't make a sum, because it doesn't know what that is. It's like you asking me "please draw me an airplane" vs. you asking me "please fly this airplane".