Bruh a couple of months ago I asked it (Gemini) to check the number of characters, including spaces, in a potential game character name because I was working at the time and couldn't stop to check my in-head count. It told me 21--I had counted 20. I thought I must have gotten distracted and miscounted. Later when I had time to actually focus on the issue it turned out AI had miscounted a 20 character string (maybe counting the null terminating character?).
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I Asked AI to Count My Carbs 27,000 Times. It Couldn’t Give Me the Same Answer Twice.
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People should read the top comments on Hackernews instead of anyone here, they're more informed on the topic than Lemmy is
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If there's anything I learned about counting jelly beans in a jar, the correct answer is the average.
AI gave you all the needed data, you just didn't know how to use it.