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by gmerc 757 days ago
That's great, 99% math is absolutely good enough for real world problems /s
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It's probably on-par or better than humans get unaided. Hell, I'd bet due to transcription errors it's better than what humans get in a lot of settings, even when aided by a calculator.
I guarantee you professionals using math at work - for example in finance - not have a 1% error quota. They use tools. We have tools. Nobody in any serious role (money, etc) works unaided.

Math inference is a palor trick as is the whole “world model” bullshit - physics doesn’t work with 99% accuracy.

It’s the same reason agents are bullshit right now - error compounding at 95% reliability per step murders them and currently there is no path to triple 9

People didn't have 1% error before computers either, they just practiced enough to barely ever make errors.
How many "real world" problems require 100 digit numbers?
Not many. But all require 100% accuracy. If not someone has to take responsibility.