Can ChatGPT Learn to Count Letters?

Large language models (LLMs) struggle on simple tasks such as counting the number of occurrences of a letter in a word. In this paper, we investigate if ChatGPT can learn to count letters and propose an efficient solution.

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Computer
Published
2025-02-20
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.2024.3488313
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4
Primary Topic
Topic Modeling
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Field-Weighted Citation Impact
9.92

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Abstract

Large language models (LLMs) struggle on simple tasks such as counting the number of occurrences of a letter in a word. In this paper, we investigate if ChatGPT can learn to count letters and propose an efficient solution.

ComputerVol. 58(3)
Northeastern University (US), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN), Tianjin University (CN), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (ES), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ES)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Agencia Estatal de Investigación
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