ChatGPT Might Have a New Way of Thinking, Researchers Suggest
GPT-3 is surprisingly capable of answering questions that require analogical reasoning, a typically human ability.
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GPT-3 is surprisingly capable of answering questions that require analogical reasoning, a typically human ability.
New research out of UCLA finds that ChatGPT "performs about as well as college undergraduates" when it comes to reasoning questions that often show up on standardized testing.
The question remains: Does the technology mimic human reasoning or is it using a fundamentally new cognitive process?
GettyLike Gen-Z and TikTok or Donald Trump and his Diet Coke button, humans use analogies a lot. Beyond being an annoying part of every SAT, analogies actually help us solve problems and even learn skills by connecting it with concepts that we’re already familiar with. For example, you might tell a child learning to ride a bike for the first time that it’s a lot like balancing on a seesaw.For a while, it was thought that just humans used analogical reasoning to solve problems. However, some new
The artificial intelligence language model GPT-3 performed as well as college students in solving certain logic problems like those that appear on standardized tests. In published research, the UCLA researchers who conducted the experiment write that the results prompt the question of whether the technology is mimicking human reasoning or using a new type of cognitive process. Solving that question would require access to the software that underpins GPT-3 and other AI software.