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Ask HN: Why 17?

4•tonyvince7•8h ago
If I ask an LLM to pick a number between 1 and 30, it always picks 17. Tried with multiple models. Why 17?

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curiousObject•8h ago
Probably because it’s trained by humans and humans are more likely to choose certain numbers when they’re asked to choose randomly. 7 is a popular choice

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-often-pick-17-as-a-rando...