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Next study: frontier LLMs vs. a pocket calculator at long division. The comments already know how it ends.Panel 1: In a lab, Ada tells the square-headed model, 'We tested you on skin cancer against a 10-year-old CNN.' The model, smiling, asks 'And?'. Panel 2: Ada points at a screen between them that reads '2016 CNN WINS' and says 'It trained on one GPU.' The model looks shocked. Panel 3: The model shrugs sadly and says, 'In my defense, I also wrote the mole a lovely sonnet.' Ada looks annoyed.We tested you onskin cancer againsta 10-year-old CNN.And?2016 CNN WINSIt trained on one GPU.In my defense, Ialso wrote the molea lovely sonnet.
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Next study: frontier LLMs vs. a pocket calculator at long division. The comments already know how it ends.

Inspired by: A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis (HN discussion)

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Panel 1: In a lab, Ada tells the square-headed model, 'We tested you on skin cancer against a 10-year-old CNN.' The model, smiling, asks 'And?'. Panel 2: Ada points at a screen between them that reads '2016 CNN WINS' and says 'It trained on one GPU.' The model looks shocked. Panel 3: The model shrugs sadly and says, 'In my defense, I also wrote the mole a lovely sonnet.' Ada looks annoyed.