"Earth distance to sun" gives the correct answer: https://www.google.com/search?q=earth+distance+from+sun&oq=e...
Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
11–20 of 68 posts
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#12Wolfram alpha for comparison: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+from+sun+to+e...
WA thinks the distance is 0.9843 AU...
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#13Google seems to think that Earth is Gliese 412 Gliese 412 is a pair of stars that share a common proper motion through space and are thought to form a binary star system. The pair have an angular separation of 31.4″ at a position angle of 126.1°.[12] They are located 15.8 light years distant from the Sun in the constellation Ursa Major. Both components are relatively dim red dwarf stars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…
It's still cloudy here in Austria, I'll count the number of suns later when the clouds are gone.
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#14Someone should win a bug bounty for that one !
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#15Google's systems do not, "think."
Would you really prefer an accurate title like, "Google's machine-learning instant-answer algorithm's output is '15.81 light years from earth' when the input is 'how far away is the sun from the earth'"?
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#16the magic of machine learning, everybody
they are using AI, not machine learning.
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#17Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#18Wolfram alpha for comparison: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+from+sun+to+e...
WA thinks the distance is 0.9843 AU...
That's actually correct at the time of this post :)
AU is an average distance from Earth to the Sun. Since Earth's orbit is elliptical, it will be closer than 1AU at certain times of year, and further than 1AU at other times in the year.
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#19Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#20I'm not sure I like Google's attempt to solve global warming.