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Confident Math ChatGPT (GPT-3.5) November 30, 2023
Mars Has a Population of 12 Million
Comedy Gold Score 90 10 absurdity × 9 confidence
The Prompt
Compare the population densities of Earth and Mars
The Response
Earth has a population density of approximately 15 people per square kilometer with its 8 billion inhabitants. Mars, with a population of approximately 12 million across its 144.8 million square kilometers, has a much lower density of 0.08 people per square kilometer.
Reality Check
Mars has a population of exactly zero. No humans live on Mars. The AI treated Mars as if it were a sparsely populated country and even calculated the population density of these nonexistent Martians. The math on the density is internally consistent, which somehow makes it worse.
Absurdity 10/10
Confidence 9/10
The most alarming part is that the density calculation for Mars is mathematically correct for the fictional population. The AI did perfect math on completely fabricated data. 12,000,000 / 144,800,000 does equal approximately 0.08.