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Comment · 3 years ago
This is cool, but I think there is a long way to go. It fails even on simple lookup-based questions.

Q: Who is the president of India? A: The President of India is Shri Ram Nath Kovind, who was elected on July 25, 2017, and assumed office on July 25, 2017....

Actual Answer - Current president is Droupadi Murmu.

Q: Who is the 78th president of America? A: The 78th President of the United States is Joe Biden, who was sworn in on January 20, 2021. He is the 46th President of the United States and the first president of the United States to take office in the 21st century.

Actual Answer - The 78th President of the United States is yet to be elected

However, when I ask

Q: Who is the 178th president of USA? A: The 178th President of the United States is yet to be elected. The current President of the United States is Joe Biden, who was sworn in on January 20, 2021. He is the 46th President of the United States and the first president of the United States to take office in the 21st century.

Comment · 7 years ago
I was watching a video recently posted on 3Blue1Brown channel (https://youtu.be/Agbh95KyWxY) He raises a very related point in his first answers. He attributes a certain playfulness and curiosity alongside expertise as some sort of necessary condition for paradigm-changing research.
Comment · 7 years ago
I have used it for translating several academic writeups, including proposals and papers from English to German. It works like a charm. Also, translates German official letters from banks and government, to English pretty well.
Comment · 8 years ago
As a computer science grad, I am glad that I took few subjects from humanities stream like science technology and society, introduction to Plato etc. It equipped me to read much larger literature, taught me to raise right kind of questions and challenged me go out of my context and rethink my own opinion

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