Do Large Language Models Understand Chemistry? A Conversation with ChatGPT

Overview

Journal J Chem Inf Model

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialties Chemistry
Medical Informatics

Date 2023 Mar 17

PMID 36926868

Authors

Cayque Monteiro Castro Nascimento

Andre Silva Pimentel

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Abstract

Large language models (LLMs) have promised a revolution in answering complex questions using the ChatGPT model. Its application in chemistry is still in its infancy. This viewpoint addresses the question of how well ChatGPT understands chemistry by posing five simple tasks in different subareas of chemistry.

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