GPT-4 can’t accept that it might still be dumb

No matter what variation of the question you use — GPT-4 insists that the term must not have been in use prior to 2021.

GPT-4 really goes out of its way to deny the possibility that it could just be dumb

That’s kinda weird.

Lots of theories about the Sydney-like sense of superiority and infallibility being part of the Sydney persona, but this suggests it could be something deeper.

GPT-3.5 Turbo can now use external tools via json function calling, used by the LLM based on the descriptions you give your functions in the prompts.

“This model has been updated with a new version: gpt-3.5-turbo-0613 which is more steerable with the system message and includes a new capability: function calling. By describing functions in your prompts, the model can intelligently output a JSON object containing arguments to call these functions based on user input — perfect for integrating with other tools or APIs.”

Function Calling Docs

me, 2035, when they find out I’m running the last unauthorized GPU cluster

Using ChatGPT's new function -calling API to force ChatGPT to return results in the form of guaranteed-valid JSON

Author speculates that this new API uses some form of constrained decoding, which would force the LLM to only be able to return valid JSON, and freeing the LLM to focus more on the task at hand instead of the complicated encoding process.

“Function calling allows GPT to call a function instead of returning a string.

For this feature, two new parameters have been introduced in the Chat Completions API:

(1) functions: An array of functions available to GPT, each with a name, description and a JSON Schema of the parameters.

(2) function_call: You can optionally specify none or { "name": "<function_name>" }. You can force GPT to use a specific function (or explicitly forbid calling any functions)

I realized that by setting the function_call parameter, you can reliably expect JSON as responses from GPT calls. No more strings, yay!”

“I assume OpenAI’s implementation works conceptually similar to jsonformer, where the token selection algorithm is changed from “choose the token with the highest logit” to “choose the token with the highest logit which is valid for the schema”.”

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Type like a millennial

I’m an ER doctor. Here’s how I’m already using ChatGPT to help treat patients.

“I tried to rephrase my explanation in multiple different ways, but judging by their blank expressions, none were resonating. This is actually a common situation in the ER. People do not wake up planning on an emergency that brings them to me in the dead of night, and are often in a decompensated emotional state.

To make matters worse, several other patients were in more immediate need of my attention.

Desperate for a solution, I went down the hall to my computer, and fired up ChatGPT-4.”

= Finding better ways to tell patients and their families that they’re morons.

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