We asked #ChatGPT to answer a set of simple questions in carbohydrate #chemistry and the results were quite interesting.

Here is ChatGPT vs chiral centres: E01 Glucose

"Does glucose have four asymmetric carbons?"

"No (...)" :ablobpats:

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#chemtoots #glycotime

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@Elisa I know folks don’t want to hear this but you can get better results with better prompts … tap into it by specifying “answer from the perspective of a chemistry professor, describe your answer , explain your answer , show your work , use the chemistry library , print entire answer in chemistry format” etc etc … it’s actually a computer not a person , treat it as such and see the difference… just trying to help (and stop seeing these sterile “gotchas”

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@tonic @Elisa by the way you can get it to draw (poorly , very poorly) by specifying what you want and asking for it in latex format , Corel draw , Json , etc …

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