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[-] zeropointone@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago

Funny. Each time I ask any LLM what the complementary color to red is. Then I always get green as answer instead of cyan (With cyan being the only correct answer). And a completely wrong explanation about what complementary colors are based on digital screens. So yeah - LLMs still fail miserably at language-based tests. And rearranging complex equations doesn't work either.

[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Each time I ask any LLM what the complementary color to red is. Then I always get green as answer instead of cyan (With cyan being the only correct answer). And a completely wrong explanation about what complementary colors are based on digital screens.

๐Ÿคฆ Oh... oh wow, I was giving you way more credit than what you actually meant. You do realize there is more than one color model? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_colors#In_different_color_models You probably should read the explanation about complementary colors based on digital screens that they are providing to you (or just pay attention in elementary art class), because you might actually learn something new.

Red Yellow Blue and Cyan Yellow Magenta are both subtractive color models. RGB is an additive color model.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RYB_color_model

Try giving the LLM the hex color code and the color model you're using that code in, and it will give you the correct complementary color.

[-] zeropointone@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago

And you showed that you don't understand complementary colors, just like AI. Because the above color circle is wrong. Why? Because of tests like the afterimage test (Example: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/da/7c/fb/da7cfba87ffdc8f426953397162329b4.gif), proving that purple (like pictured above) can never be the complementary color to yellow, it always has to be a deep blue. It doesn't matter if it's additive colors or subtractive colors you're using (Afterimage tests work both passive and active) because in the end, it's all only about light hitting our L/M/S-cones and how our brains work when it comes to interpreting the signals from those cones (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamerism_(color). Metamerism explains why engineers chose perceptually equidistant cyan/magenta/yellow for (simple) printing ("Subtractive colors") and perceptually equidistant red/green/blue for active emitting devices like cameras and displays ("Active colors"). And if you now say "But bro, I see a green shifting towards blue in the afterimage test" - didn't you wonderful AI tell you about the Abney effect? Weird. It's all well known and documented on the web which has been used to train your wonderful AI. But yeah - without being able to understand all of that, there is no way your wonderful AI can tell you which one of all those color circles is the correct one (And there is only one because it does not violate the CIE 1931 color space). It's up to you to either learn and understand - or to blindly follow a LLM which sticks to green being the complementary color to red. Because all the LLM can do is repeating the garbage it has been trained with. Because it's nothing more than a stochastic parrot. Your choice.

[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There is no one "correct" color circle. And your misguided beliefs about color theory do not have anything to do with LLMs.

By the way, they're called "additive colors", not "active colors". ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[-] zeropointone@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

Additive colors -> active light emitter. Which should be obvious. But yeah, you simply lack the ability to think beyond what AI tells you. You understand nothing. You're nothing mote than a stochastic parrot yourself. Enjoy your daily rock.

[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

๐Ÿ˜‚ alright well, you've been corrected and proven wrong, with sources and screenshots. And clearly you're getting a teeny bit upset over it. Sorry! There's nothing wrong with learning something new, and its okay that you had made a mistake.

[-] picnicolas@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

This was a fun rabbit hole to go down! I tend to agree with most of the takes here on Lemmy but the complete AI derision is pretty wild and unfounded in reality. I have plenty of concerns about the tech but to say itโ€™s useless youโ€™d have to really not even have tried it out to see for yourself. I appreciate your patience, dedication to the truth, willingness to explain, and experimental attitude here.

[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

This was a super bizarre case of "the neutral networks that are a predictive model of all of the world's knowledge don't share my belief that only one specific color model is valid, therefore they suck" ๐Ÿ˜‚

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