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Probably should've just asked Wolfram Alpha

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[-] elbucho@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month 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@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month 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”.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 17 points 1 month 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@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Definitely true, of course,

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