He asked AI to count carbs 27000 times. It couldn't give the same answer twice

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Post by sarusso » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC

He asked AI to count carbs 27000 times. It couldn't give the same answer twice
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Post by rsynnott » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC

I am... unsure why anyone would think LLMs would be able to do this. They are not magic oracles. Like I think even most humans would be extremely bad at this.

Like, are people actually using LLMs for this? Please do not, it won't work.

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Post by DontchaKnowit » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC

Not remotely surprising to anyone whose ever counted calories or carbs

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Post by alexdns » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC

Non deterministic AI returns non deterministic results who could've guessed

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Post by tom1337 » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC

random number generator returns random numbers on each call. more news at 11

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Post by jaccola » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC

It’s just an impossible problem. Photons don’t provide sufficient information to determine calories (at least not in any way they could practically be captured). Inside that sandwich could be drenched with olive oil or it could be hollow cheese with lettuce. It’s impossible to tell.

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Post by monooso » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC

Tomorrow on HN, "water is wet."

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Post by Nicook » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC

rsynnott wrote: post #2

I am... unsure why anyone would think LLMs would be able to do this. They are not magic oracles. Like I think even most humans would be extremely bad at this. Like, are people actually using LLMs for this? Please do not, it won't work.

You are severely overestimating the average, or even above average understanding of LLMs.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC

rsynnott wrote: post #2

I am... unsure why anyone would think LLMs would be able to do this. They are not magic oracles. Like I think even most humans would be extremely bad at this. Like, are people actually using LLMs for this? Please do not, it won't work.

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Post by bethekidyouwant » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC

I asked an AI to guess how much a picture of a rock weighed 500 times… But it does propose an interesting idea. Which is burn after labelling. (maybe it could be really good at this)