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 threadLawrence MillerFeb 20
@futurebird I know how to find the SD and I will use the php-stats library every day of the week and twice on Sunday. I would much rather be able to depend on well supported community code. (At least until it is all replaced by ai slop)
Show threadmyrmepropagandist

@ldpm

I don't mind using libraries, but it's fun to write my own versions of things just so I know how they work.

When we make projects where we share code I encourage them to use libraries more often. I'm just a grumpy old lady about it sometimes.

Feb 22 at 1:41pmWeb