The Terminator's Dark Take on AI Number Selection
This meme uses a scene from the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day to comment on the tendency of large language models to choose the number 17 when asked to pick a random number between 1 and 30. The joke highlights the uncanny consistency across different AI platforms, suggesting that these models often gravitate toward the same 'random-looking' prime number rather than generating truly unpredictable results. By juxtaposing the cold, calculated nature of AI logic with the dramatic, dark tone of the Terminator, the meme pokes fun at the limitations of machine randomness.
this reminds me of how my old middle school math teacher used to guess our numbers during games because he claimed humans are just as predictable as machines. i tested it with my friends back then and we were just as bad at being random as these models seem to be.
is there any way to force them to pick something else or are we stuck with 17 forever
Grok for the win
Try a random number between 1 and 10, its going to be 7. 100% all the time. AI my balls.
my local qwen 3.8 choose 7, but chatgpt claude and gemini all choose 17
dafuq
Chat gpt says: 17 is a classic “random-looking” number: odd, prime, and not near either endpoint. Models tend to avoid numbers with strong associations: 1, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, etc. They also tend to avoid stereotypical “lucky” or overused choices such as 7. Training data contains
Well I'll be damned
Oh damn..!
I skwd Claude why it chose 17,and it said it didn't, it doesn't actually have a random number generator, and that 17 was from a large data set of people's replies.... Marvellous.
Ai pick a number with highest picking chances. 17 is a prime choice (see what I did there).
Ugh god dammit i checked it with chatgpt claude and gemini and they all gave 17. I fucking hate this timeline