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Yes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2 (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Mercuri@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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Probably should've just asked Wolfram Alpha

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[-] elbucho@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years 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 2 years 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”.