Adam Langley

One can reasonably derive the √acre, a unit of distance equal to 63.61 meters. Likewise the ∛ferkin is about 34.5 cm.

(This tweet brought to you by an LLM which tried to give me a distance in acres.)

Sep 12, 2024 at 5:12pmWeb
Show threadAdam LangleySep 12, 2024
Within a few hours we have a fancy new LLM (o1-preview). This one actually uses √acres! (Although it chickens out and converts to miles):
Show threadAdam LangleySep 12, 2024
(It's a bit emblematic of things these days that I found a simple problem that all of Gemini 1.5 Pro, 4o, and Claude 3.5 botched then a new model was released within hours that can handle it.)
Show threadNina "Erina" Satragno 💫Sep 12, 2024
@agl obvs the new release had your post in its training data /s
Show threadNathan Parker Sep 13, 2024
@agl and people thought it'd take light years for AI to get this smart.
Show threadAdam LangleySep 14, 2024
@parkern (pun trombone!)
Show threadAaron Sawdey, Ph.D.Sep 12, 2024
@agl Related, you could convert length to decimeters and label it ∛liters just to be obtuse 😁