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Really wondering about the point of those PhDs the llms claim to have 'passed'.
Make sure to read a bit further, they usually get about 10000 attempts. And unfortunately most tests are just about recalling stuff, understanding is not something a text predictor does. It can't actually think.
This. Everything about every 'ai solves' article I've read basically boils down to the equivalent of monkeys on typewriters, only with statistical guidance. Millions of iterations to solve what is essentially an intuitive solution for a reasonably intelligent being. I passed my driving test on the first try, after maybe a couple of weeks in school. What current ai ai doing is not intelligent in the least, and hardly efficient.
A friend’s mother was a doctor. Long ago, back in the 90s, she was talking about how there was some medical certification test that non-English speakers were passing simply by noticing key words in the question and correct answer.
About as useful as driver's licenses in some places