I signed up for early access to Google's Bard chatbot. Preliminary
evaluation: It is not as good at scientific and technical issues. Examples:
ME: What is double-labeled water?
Bard:
Doubly labeled water (DLW) is water that has been enriched with both
deuterium and oxygen-18. Deuterium is a hea
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:12:05 -0400:
Hi,
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>I signed up for early access to Google's Bard chatbot. Preliminary
>evaluation: It is not as good at scientific and technical issues. Examples:
>
>ME: What is double-labeled water?
>
>
>Bard:
>
>Doubly labeled water
ChatGPT found and corrected the mistake made by Bard.
ME: Is the following statement correct, and if not, what is the correct
version? "Deuterium is a heavier isotope of hydrogen with one more neutron
in its nucleus, while oxygen-18 is a heavier isotope of oxygen with one
more neutron and one mor
Bard also got it right when I asked about the statement in isolation. This
shows that the output from these programs is inconsistent.
ME: Is the following statement correct, and if not, what is the correct
version? "Deuterium is a heavier isotope of hydrogen with one more neutron
in its nucleus, w
On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 9:26 AM Jed Rothwell wrote:
> ChatGPT found and corrected the mistake made by Bard.
>
>
> ME: Is the following statement correct, and if not, what is the correct
> version? "Deuterium is a heavier isotope of hydrogen with one more neutron
> in its nucleus, while oxygen-18
H L V wrote:
> However, the second part of the statement is not accurate. Oxygen-18 is a
>> heavier isotope of oxygen with two more neutrons and two more protons in
>> its nucleus, not one more neutron and one more proton.
>>
>
> If it had two more protons it would be neon.
>
You are right. I d
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:59:18 -0400:
Hi Jed,
When they stuff something up, you might consider asking for the reference they
used to provide the wrong answer.
That gives humans a chance to fix the original, which will in turn result in
better future responses.
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:59:18 -0400:
Hi,
An exam is largely a test of knowledge, and chatbots get to cheat by accessing
reference material. However a real lawyer
also needs to have a deep understanding of human beings and their motivations,
and also to be creat
Robin wrote:
> When they stuff something up, you might consider asking for the reference
> they used to provide the wrong answer.
>
Yes, that is a good technique. I have used that successfully with ChatGPT.
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