Probably should’ve just asked Wolfram Alpha

  • @elbucho
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    203 months ago

    This is very clearly an example of bad AI, but maybe it was trying (and failing) to convey this?

    Basically, 1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 + 1/81 + … + 1/3^n = 1/2.

    Probably not. But maybe.

    • FuglyDuck
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      153 months ago

      I’m thinking it’s trying to say:

      (2/6) + (1/6) = (3/6) = (4/6) - (1/6)

      But either in “colloquial English for those who want to give other people aneurysms” or “colloquial English for those trying to sound smarter but aren’t”

      Basically that the degree of difference between a half and a third is the same degree of difference between a half and two thirds- and that degree of difference is “one part”.

      • @[email protected]
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        153 months ago

        It’s not trying to say either of them.

        It’s just guessing what word to say next, given the previous words in the context.

        • FuglyDuck
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          33 months ago

          Definitely true, of course,