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Exploring the MIT Mathematics and EECS Curriculum Using Large Language Models (arxiv.org)
5 points by oscarwao on Jun 16, 2023 | hide | past | pdf | discuss on HN

In plain words: They collected 4,550 homework and exam questions from every MIT math and computing course needed to graduate, then had AI models answer them. An older model solved about a third, while a newer one with careful prompts answered every question that had no image.

Abstract

We curate a comprehensive dataset of 4,550 questions and solutions from problem sets, midterm exams, and final exams across all MIT Mathematics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) courses required for obtaining a degree. We evaluate the ability of large language models to fulfill the graduation requirements for any MIT major in Mathematics and EECS. Our results demonstrate that GPT-3.5 successfully solves a third of the entire MIT curriculum, while GPT-4, with prompt engineering, achieves a perfect solve rate on a test set excluding questions based on images. We fine-tune an open-source large language model on this dataset. We employ GPT-4 to automatically grade model responses, providing a detailed performance breakdown by course, question, and answer type. By embedding questions in a low-dimensional space, we explore the relationships between questions, topics, and classes and discover which questions and classes are required for solving other questions and classes through few-shot learning. Our analysis offers valuable insights into course prerequisites and curriculum design, highlighting language models' potential for learning and improving Mathematics and EECS education.

Sarah J. Zhang, Samuel Florin, Ariel N. Lee, Eamon Niknafs, Andrei Marginean, Annie Wang, Keith Tyser, Zad Chin, Yann Hicke, Nikhil Singh, Madeleine Udell, Yoon Kim, et al.
arXiv:2306.08997 · cs.CL, cs.AI, cs.LG · submitted Jun 15, 2023 · updated Jun 24, 2023
abstract · pdf · Did not receive permission to release the data or model fine-tuned on the data

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