Gary Marcus

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Score 83
5/20/2025, 12:34:24 AM
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Colin Fraser
@colin_fraser
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255d
@JaEsf @littmath @GaryMarcus @typingloudly I think all of you are overestimating how hard it is to generate large prime numbers. I would have predicted that gpt-3.5 with python would be able to do this.
Jacob Eliosoff
@JaEsf
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255d
@littmath @GaryMarcus @typingloudly And 2025 isn't really that interesting anyway, the point is the trajectory, which seems blazingly obvious. There is no chance that within a year or two the models won't unambiguously ace this question, I hope no one's debating that.
Jacob Eliosoff
@JaEsf
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255d
@littmath @GaryMarcus @typingloudly So sure the transcript illustrates the point that the models remain kind of clunky and untrustworthy. But it also illustrates that the 2025 answer to "Can the current best public models generate large rare primes" is "Yes".
Daniel Litt
@littmath
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255d
@GaryMarcus @typingloudly Yep, it’s weird! But it also did give me 5 prime numbers that have almost certainly never written down before.
Gary Marcus
@GaryMarcus
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255d
@littmath @typingloudly wild that it gave you completely different numbers when you said give them to me with no spaces.
Daniel Litt
@littmath
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255d
@GaryMarcus @typingloudly Sure. I think you should actually play around with o3/gemini 2.5. https://chatgpt.com/share/682b7c…

The statement is part of a technical discussion about AI models and their capabilities, specifically regarding generating large prime numbers. It references a past academic paper, suggesting a historical context to the current capabilities of AI. The tone is lighthearted, as indicated by the use of 'Ha!' and seems to be a playful contribution to the ongoing conversation.

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