Generative AI is garbage, exhibit 99:

#ai #math

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And an answer from Copilot just now:
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This time I asked which number has the greater numerical value. It gives a correct explanation, but stalls out before concluding that 9.9 is greater, almost as if it doesn't want to contradict its previous answer.
@violet @atoponce Truly, we have been freed from the labor of our demonstrating our own ignorance, biases, and stupidity, and the end must be near.

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I asked Gemini. It was wrong too.
I asked it for its drafts. It got it right in 1 of 3.

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Ah, the classic "Ah, the classic" that instantly gives away AI slop