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[–] 12 points 10 months ago

If you take a core sample of a human, you can determine exactly when the person died.

The more you know...

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    despite being completely unhelpful, this answer is oddly more wholesome than the old "cut down count rings"

    then again all the trees being starved of water by the data center may disagree

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    You can tell by the way it is.

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    In Africa, a tree's age is determined by how long ago it was planted.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    1 tree's worth of water was used to give you that answer

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    You can tell that it's an Aspen tree because of the way it is

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Saves cutting it down to count the rings 

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    About right for an AI answer, garbage in garbage out

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Transcription:A screenshot of a Google search for "how to find out how old is a tree". The response is AI stating:

    If you know when the tree was planted, you can easily and accurately determine its age.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    @sharkfucker420 I mean, it's not wrong.

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    It is wrong in that it does not perform the task expected of the user. The user wants to know how to determine the age of a tree, if the user already knew the age of the tree they wouldn't be asking.

    If it answered that 1+1=2 it also would not be wrong, but it would still be a useless answer, which is wrong in that it is not what the user asked for.

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    [–] 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    To determine the age of a tree you would need to examine and perform measurements on the tree so as to learn its age.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    How to know thing

    Know thing.

    How to know thing from past

    Remember thing.

    How to know thing from future

    Predict thing.

    I'll take my payment in a combination of Catalan Peseta, Cypriot Lira, and D-Marks, thanks.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I can tell you your age by asking only 3 simple questions:

    1. What year were you born?
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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Thanks Einstein

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (12 children)

    trees are already 4-12 years old when planted, i guess that margin of error wont matter as much for really old trees

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (11 children)

    What is a tree before it turns 4-12 years old?

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    Which go unplanted for 4-12 years?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    They grow in soil, sometimes pots and sometimes in tree farms. but when a sapling is delivered for landscaping it is planted at the final location where it will be. They are referring to the point where a 4-12 tree sapling raised for landscaping is planted in the final location.

    The terms seedling and sapling are used in almost all contexts similar to how puppy and kitten are used for that stage of their lives.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    I've never seen a tree wearing a ring, but they say if you count the rings you can tell how old it is. Sounds like an asshole playa to me.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Needs AI to fix grammar too

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Considerations: years are counted differently in some cultures. If you’re part of an uncontacted tribe, you might have an alternative calendar or numerical system.

    Trees: trees trees trees trees trees prompt: how to trees trees trees trees trees trees

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    It's not wrong. This is why prompt engineers was a thing.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    "figure it out" is not technically wrong but it's worse than "it depends" so it's definitely very unhelpful. Which is kind of the opposite of what an LLM should be.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (4 children)

    I'm only playing devils advocate. I'm not a fan of LLMs myself.

    You need to know how to use the tool to get the correct output. In this case, it's giving you a literal answer. Craft your question in a way so that it will give you what you're looking for. Look up "prompt engineer" for a more thorough answer. It's how we thought LLMs were going to be to begin with.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Disagree. The short term solution is for you to change your prompt but it is definitely a short-coming of the AI when the answer is strictly useless.

    It's like crime: it should be safe everywhere anytime because of police and laws, but since it's not, you can't go everywhere anytime. That's not on you, but you have to deal with it.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Different language models input prompts differently.

    Other models will input your question, break it down internally, figure out what you're really asking and then spit out an answer. It still might not be right but it will give you a better answer than that.

    We're ragging on a wish.com version of a model and it's response.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago