myrmepropagandistFeb 20

Had a lot of fun with my stats students today. I gave them two data sets. One from a random number generator, the other was one I made up that was not random, but designed to look random. They were able to figure out which one was fake.

Then we had ChatGPT make the same kind of data set (random numbers 1-6 set of 100) and it had the same problems as my fake set but in a different way.

We talked about the study about AI generated passwords.

Show threadmyrmepropagandistFeb 20

"Why don't you just load a library to find the mean and SD?"

Because I'M OLD. I like to write my own function. I do it for integration sometimes... kids these days.

Show threadWeird SocksFeb 20
@futurebird
When I was a kid, we solved integrals in the snow and rain uphill in both directions.
Show threadAI6YR BenFeb 20
@ohmu @futurebird LOL 42 and 73 are my picks for "random" numbers out of the LLMs, for now.
Show threadRenke Meuwese
@ai6yr @ohmu @futurebird wait so... is that the ultimate question? "What number will an LLM always include when generating random numbers?"
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Show threadAI6YR BenFeb 21
@meuwese @ohmu @futurebird Apparently humans have willed that into existence, yes. LOL. (err... Douglas Adams, precisely)