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AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested (www.earth.com)
submitted 3 days ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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LLMs performed best on questions related to legal systems and social complexity, but they struggled significantly with topics such as discrimination and social mobility.

“The main takeaway from this study is that LLMs, while impressive, still lack the depth of understanding required for advanced history,” said del Rio-Chanona. “They’re great for basic facts, but when it comes to more nuanced, PhD-level historical inquiry, they’re not yet up to the task.”

Among the tested models, GPT-4 Turbo ranked highest with 46% accuracy, while Llama-3.1-8B scored the lowest at 33.6%.

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[–] A_A@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Suppose A and B are at war and based on every insults they throw at each other, you train an LLM to explain what's going on. Well, it will be quite bad. Maybe this is some part of the explanation.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But that's exactly the problem. Humans with degrees in history can figure out what is an insult and what is a statement of fact a hell of a lot better than an LLM.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago

it took maybe thousands or even millions of years for nature to create animals that understand who they are and what's going on around them. Give those machines a few more years, they are not all LLMs and they are advancing quite rapidly.
Finally, i completely agree with you that, for the time being, they are very bad at playing historian.