September 4, 2024

Why AI can’t spell ‘strawberry’

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How many times does the letter “r” appear in the word “strawberry”?
According to formidable AI products like GPT-4o and Claude, the answer is twice.
The failure of large language models to understand the concepts of letters and syllables is indicative of a larger truth that we often forget: These things don’t have brains.
They do not think like we do. They are not human, nor even particularly humanlike.

Why AI can’t spell ‘strawberry’

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