Some AI models get more accurate at maths if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character, ML engineers say

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AIs are more accurate at math if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character — and we're not sure why

https://www.businessinsider.com/using-star-trek-prompts-boost-ai-chatbot-basic-math-performance-2024-2

Researchers asking a chatbot to optimize its own prompts found it was best at solving grade-school math when acting like it was on Star Trek.

AIs are more accurate at math if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character — and we're not sure why

Some AI models get more accurate at maths if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character, ML engineers say::Researchers asking a chatbot to optimize its own prompts found it was best at solving grade-school math when acting like it was on Star Trek.