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GPT-4 gets a B on my quantum computing final exam! — Shtetl-Optimized

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Update (April 14): On the suggestion of my TA Justin Yirka, I gave GPT-4 problem 2 from the final exam, along with its own answers and my and Justin’s grading comments, and asked it whether it wanted to argue for a higher grade, and if so on what basis. Here is what it wrote (it felt disconcerting to see the grade-grubbing appear immediately, with not even one second’s delay): I would like to argue for a higher grade on the following subproblems: (a) I agree that my initial answer for the density matrix of the entire state was incorrect. However, I believe that my approach to the problem was correct, and I demonstrated knowledge of the necessary steps to calculate the reduced density matrix. I would like to request an additional point for demonstrating the correct approach, making it 2 points out of 5. (b) My answer for the entanglement entropy was partially correct, as I calculated the eigenvalues of the reduced density matrix and plugged them into the correct entropy formula. However

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