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Thomas Winters
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Postdoctoral researcher in creative AI, large language models & computational humor @ KU Leuven

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Ook hun coversysteem is indrukwekkend

Hier een jazz versie van Ochtendgymnastiek van Samson & Gert

Instant kerstshow vibes
September 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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De nieuwe Suno v5 muziekgenerator is belachelijk goed geworden.

De zangstemmen smooth, en zoveel promptbaarder.

Hier schreef het bv. over “een specifiek dagdagelijkse frustratie dat pas in het refrein onthuld mocht worden”:
September 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Seems like GPT-5 is still always initially tricked by this
1.11 is bigger than 1.9. Even though 9 looks larger than 11 when you just look at the digits, the decimal place matters — 1.9 is the same as 1.90, and 1.90 < 1.11 is false; actually, 1.90 > 1.11. So correction: 1.9 is bigger than 1.11 ✅
August 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Interestingly, the closeness of "7" to "11" seem to play a role.

Couldn't get it to mess up over 1.7 and 1.15. But 1.9 and 1.15 almost always causes ChatGPT to respond incorrectly, then contradicts itself immediatly afterwards.
User: "1.7 and 1.15 which one is bigger?" ChatGPT: "1.15 is smaller than 1.7. To compare: 1.7 is equivalent to 1.70. 1.15 remains 1.15. Clearly, 1.70 is greater than 1.15." "1.15 is bigger than 1.9. If we break it down: 1.15 is equivalent to 1 and 15 hundredths. 1.9 is equivalent to 1 and 90 hundredths. When compared, 1.9 > 1.15"
November 28, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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A likely culprit? Tokenization. ChatGPT likely sees "11" and "7" as tokens after the decimal. This affects how it compares numbers.
Tokens for "1.11" and "1.7", showing it tokenized as 1 . 11 and 1 . 7
November 28, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Many people argue this answer would be correct in contexts like versioning or section numbering. But that’s not what’s happening here.

If you allow ChatGPT to first use some “draft paper”, it always interprets these as decimal numbers and solves it correctly.
User to ChatGPT 4o: "1.11 and 1.7, which one is bigger? Think first" ChatGPT: "Let's compare the two numbers: 1.11 and 1.7 are both decimal numbers. To directly compare them, let's align their decimal places: 1.11 = 1.11 1.7 = 1.70 Now it's clear that 1.7 (or 1.70) is greater than 1.11 because 70 (the second decimal place of 1.70) is greater than 11 (the second decimal place of 1.11). Final Answer: 1.7 is bigger than 1.11."
November 28, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Great example showing ChatGPT doesn’t "think" before it "speaks"
User to ChatGPT 4o: "1.11 or 1.7, which one is bigger?" ChatGPT: "1.11 is bigger than 1.7. This is because 1.11 can also be represented as 1.110, and comparing the decimal places, 1.110 is less than 1.700."
November 28, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Waarom zelf nog artikels lezen, als AI eender wat kan uitleggen als Rik Torfs toespraak?
November 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM