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Assertion Contradicted
Researchers Took Two Years to Discover GPT-3.5 Could Synthesize Dangerous Chemicals
“It took two years, for example, for researchers to figure out that GPT-III.V, the predecessor to GPT-IV, had research-grade chemistry knowledge, meaning you could ask it questions about, you know, how to synthesize dangerous chemicals, and it would tell you ho…”
Tristan Harris Feb 22, 2024 ▶ 26:50 The peril (and promise) of AI with Tristan Harris: Part 1
Opinion
Khan: GPT-4 could emulate a human tutor
“This really could be that holy grail that we've all been thinking about, reading science fiction about for decades of an AI that can actually emulate a human tutor.”
Sal Khan Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 8:05 When AI is your personal tutor with Sal Khan of Khan Academy
Disclosure
Khan Academy gave 40 to 50 employees early access to GPT-4
“The first thing we did is we sat in an org-wide NDA, and I said, hey, how many folks in the organization can I get, we give access to? And eventually we got about 40 or 50 folks in our organization to get access to GPT-IV.”
Sal Khan Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 11:03 When AI is your personal tutor with Sal Khan of Khan Academy
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Khan: GPT-4 was still pretty bad at math during early testing
“Especially in those early days, it was Still pretty bad at math.”
Sal Khan Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 7:51 When AI is your personal tutor with Sal Khan of Khan Academy
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