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LLMs struggle with competition concept, require careful prompting

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Donald Bell observed that large language models struggled to grasp the concept of "competition competitions," requiring him to provide explicit definitions and careful prompting. Despite this limitation, the models were able to recommend Pick's Theorem when guided. AI

IMPACT Highlights current limitations in LLM reasoning and the need for precise prompting for complex concepts.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion/observation from an individual about LLM capabilities.

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LLMs struggle with competition concept, require careful prompting

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    According to Donald Bell, the LLMs didn't understand competition competitions, so he had to define it and prompt carefully...they all recommended to Pick's Theo

    According to Donald Bell, the LLMs didn't understand competition competitions, so he had to define it and prompt carefully...they all recommended to Pick's Theorem # mathsjam # ai # promptengineering

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