When ChatGPT outputs LaTeX equations, it would be really useful to be able to copy the LaTeX source. For example, by being able to right-click on it to view the TeX commands, as on Stack Exchange.
Currently it’s quite awkward to have a conversation about maths, because I have to re-type all the equations it outputs in order to tell it what to change. It would also be useful if I want to use its LaTeX output in another document.
This will get you the copyable code for any output using formulae. You can further instruct the AI to create duplicate of rendered and code block latex.
Yeah, but it’s still kinda awkward. Currently I’m having a long back and forth with it in LaTeX. I want to see its output rendered so I can read it, but I also want to be able to easily copy it so I can correct it when it makes a mistake. I know I can ask it for the source, but it would be much more convenient if I could just to this from the GUI.
Yes, a “copy code”, like the code block offers, may be a useful addition for some, when you don’t want a clipboard copy of the whole reply which gives you bare response.
99.9% won’t know what to do with LaTeX, though.
99.9% of users? or 99.9% that ChatGPT won’t be able to parse latex?
It seems confident in its ability to do the latter:
Yes we know that AI models can understand and produce text about LaTeX.
\textsf{Even the forum can understand } \textbf{LaTeX}
GPT-4 is very optimistic how many people would though:
LaTeX is primarily used in academia, particularly in mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. According to the World Bank, about 216.6 million students were enrolled in tertiary education worldwide in 2018. Assuming that a significant portion of these students are in fields that use LaTeX, and factoring in professionals who also use it, we could estimate that perhaps 1-2% of the world’s population knows how to use LaTeX. This would be roughly 78-156 million people out of a global population of approximately 7.8 billion.
Go survey moms at the mall.
Yes, but moms at the mall aren’t really the relevant demographic here, are they? I feel like you could go to literally any issue on literally any github repo and say “the average mom at the mall doesn’t need this” and it would be a true comment, yet also an irrelevant and annoying one.
(Which is not to say that mums are any less likely to know LaTeX than anyone else of course.)
You are correct, the target demo is ChatGPT users that enjoy making bad ASCII art…and then one must weigh the utility for a few vs the confusion of the many, even people asking math questions.
I’m asking for an option to view the LaTeX code by right-clicking on an equation. I think most users are technical people who at least know what LaTeX is, but those who aren’t are not going to be seeing any equations, let alone right-clicking on them, let alone somehow managing to be confused by a drop-down menu that appears when they do so.
