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Empty_Insight t1_jc8xajq wrote

It's an algorithm trained to mimic human output from a prompt. It's only as good as what it was trained on, and people in general suck at hard science and advanced math.

Take, for example, how people 'tricked' ChatGPT into telling them how to make meth. It actually would give them different answers based on how they asked the question, and just in the off-chance that isn't obvious, is not how chemistry works. Also I never saw it give an answer that was actually 'right' in terms of organic chemistry, either for pure pharmaceutical grade methamphetamine (aka Desoxyn) or street meth. It sure seemed right if you didn't understand the actual chemistry. It seemed convincing, even though it was wrong- same thing with calculus, I'm guessing.

Friendly reminder Wolfram Alpha exists if someone is having trouble with calculus. It not only solves the problem, but it shows you how it solved it step-by-step so it's a good study tool too.

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Future-Travel7708 t1_jc8n3hw wrote

Thank you for sharing this. My sister was diagnosed with 3c —22 years ago. She is still here. Ibrance lasted the longest (4 years ) with no side effects for her. With all the medications today, it is possible to live a long life—it’s a pain to keep going into the oncology office and getting scans for years but the outlook is so much better. 💕

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SsurebreC t1_jc8kiry wrote

OK, say your income is one quadrillion dollars. Your liabilities are 900 trillion. You have 200 trillion in unfunded liabilities. Is it a scary number now?

You can't take into account current government income trends. We simply have no idea what the budget will be like in, say, 50 years. In addition, the number usually doesn't mention which programs and what levels they're currently funded or will be funded in the future and what is an actual liability. Case in point: Social Security is a liability - it's literally our money - but welfare is not because it's an optional social program.

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