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@gray17@mastodon.social
2025-06-09 08:42:58

in the recent "Illusion of Thinking" paper, they use puzzles like Towers of Hanoi and show that an LLM has trouble doing n=8 Hanoi correctly, even when told an algorithm to solve it.
every compsci-adjacent person cites the recursive algorithm, because it's a cute example of recursion. but there's a very simple non-recursive algorithm for any size Hanoi:
- move the smallest disk clockwise.
- move the only other disk that can move.
- repeat.
most hu…

@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-05-28 03:31:23

Nice - Emile Donovan talks to a local (to Ōtautahi) tech legend, Dr Tim Bell (U Canterbury CompSci lecturer) about teaching kids about computers rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/

Shower Thoughts: How do we get computers to do what we want them to?
Yes, we write programmes to instruct computers but how do we get them to "understand" those instructions in the first place?

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2025-05-13 07:01:58

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