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answer = sum(n) / len(n) (lemmy.eco.br)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Have you ever graded free response tests before? I assure you that some people do similar things when pressed to come up with an answer when they don't know. Often, they know they're BSing, but they're still generating random crap that sounds plausible. One of the big differences is that we haven't told AI to tell us "I'm not sure" when it has high uncertainty; though plenty of people don't do that either.