6. How ChatGPT Uses Probability

• Answers come from questions, and the quality of any answer is directly determined by the quality of the question. Ask the wrong question, get the wrong answer. Ask the right question, get the right answer. Ask the most powerful question possible, and the answer can be life-a...

Scientists who study the mechanics of curiosity are finding that it is, at its core, a kind of probability algorithm—our brain’s continuous calculation of which path or action is likely to gain us the most knowledge in the least amount of time. Like the links on a Wikipedia page,...

• Doctors meet patients who have an array of symptoms.
• From there, you need to act like a detective to deduce the most likely disease and create a plan to cure it.
• During this, a wrong move might kill your patient, so you hav...