ChatGPT can't multiply?

[obsidian]

I guess I'll have to doublecheck everything it calculates now.

[joswift]

1 x 1 =1
x = multiply

Multiply
to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of

Synonyms
Verb ▲
To increase in amount, size, degree or value
increase expand escalate swell enlarge augment amplify grow boost extend raise rise proliferate

So how can a multiplication of something end up remaining the same?

[obsidian]

1 x 1 =1
x = multiply

Multiply
to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of

Synonyms
Verb ▲
To increase in amount, size, degree or value
increase expand escalate swell enlarge augment amplify grow boost extend raise rise proliferate

So how can a multiplication of something end up remaining the same?

Multiplication doesn’t always mean “making more” — mathematically it means scaling. Multiplying by 1 simply keeps the number the same because 1 is the multiplicative identity.

[joswift]

Multiplication doesn’t always mean “making more” — mathematically it means scaling. Multiplying by 1 simply keeps the number the same because 1 is the multiplicative identity.

it does apart from in mathematics where 1 is concerned

Maybe they should have picked a better word to describe it

[obsidian]

it does apart from in mathematics where 1 is concerned

Maybe they should have picked a better word to describe it

haha ok, fair enough.

1 x 0.5 = 0.5 

[joswift]

haha ok, fair enough.

1 x 0.5 = 0.5 

0.5 x 0.5 = 0.25




 so two halves end up a quarter when multiplied together,make that make sense

[GymnJuice]

[Lartinos]

It’s terrible at math as of the last time I tried.

I only use Co-Pilot for that.

[Methyl m1ke]

It cant play chess either try it. You make it move, it makes a move.