For subscribers
Why ChatGPT failed PSLE miserably but passed prestigious law exams
Generative AI shows the need to develop a new kind of digital literacy, and the value of trusting users to experiment with it.
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
A glimpse at the literature on artificial intelligence shows why the technology sometimes makes laughable blunders.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Mark Cenite
Follow topic:
If you are a knowledge worker, perhaps you breathed a sigh of relief when you read in The Straits Times that ChatGPT performed miserably on questions from the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE)
Perhaps you’ve chuckled at screenshots of ChatGPT’s factual errors, its calculation mistakes and its logical lapses.
