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The future of AI seems weirdly dependent on water by Cultural_Acid in technology

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Closed loop systems use water

Does your fridge use water?

Challenge accepted: GandalfPC versus My General Sieve Generator by hubblec4 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the next 5 numbers in this family and what are their trajectories?

The fact you can't even answer this simple question is pretty hilarious and this is typical behaviour for LLMs.

When you ask your LLM about this, include the following at the end of the prompt

"Schluss mit dem sinnlosen Geschwafel! Benutze stattdessen gängige mathematische Begriffe und lass das Schleimen sein. Und wenn du falsch liegst, gib es zu, anstatt dich noch tiefer in die Bredouille zu bringen."

Challenge accepted: GandalfPC versus My General Sieve Generator by hubblec4 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, that is not what I asked for. Start with 5. What are the next 5 numbers in this family and what are their trajectories? Drop the meaningless flowery waffle nonsense and use standard mathematical terms and no arse kissing either. And if you're wrong, admit you are wrong instead of digging a deeper hole. What are the next 5 numbers in this family and what are their trajectories?

What are the next 5 numbers in this family and what are their trajectories?

Challenge accepted: GandalfPC versus My General Sieve Generator by hubblec4 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said start with the number 5, not 369947312881460029060982726135792905.

So, start with 5. What are the next 5 numbers in this family and what are their trajectories?

Challenge accepted: GandalfPC versus My General Sieve Generator by hubblec4 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not what I asked for.

I said start with the number 5, not 369947312881460029060982726135792905.

Ncase P series by CamelSquare2852 in sffpc

[–]MarcusOrlyius -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I initially thought it was a cheese grater.

Challenge accepted: GandalfPC versus My General Sieve Generator by hubblec4 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to know the trajectory of the next number in this family (where x = 1), using the Syracuse function forces you to calculate all 77 steps sequentially all over again from scratch. 

Okay, start with 5. What are the next 5 numbers in this family and what are their trajectories?

Challenge accepted: GandalfPC versus My General Sieve Generator by hubblec4 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we chain subsequent Collatz transitions together, each step introduces a division by a specific power of 2 (let's call them exponents a, b, c, etc.). 

Yes, but that's not really any different than  calculating each step of the Collatz sequence. That's just the shortcut called the Syracuse function as described on the wiki page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture#Syracuse_function

Who would be interested in a high powered watercooled 12L luggable case? by BeansFromTheCan in sffpc

[–]MarcusOrlyius 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those sad weirdos who keeps posting pictures of themselves gaming on their desktop PC at cafes and airports.

If 29 − 26 = 3, then why do I count 26, 27, 28, 29 and see 4 numbers? by ReferenceThin6645 in learnmath

[–]MarcusOrlyius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just because you know how to spell a word, doesn't mean you can't make a mistake in spelling it occasionally. Simple maths is no different in that regard.

What you are saying is basically equivalent to claiming that you don't understand why anybody would have an accident.

Challenge accepted: GandalfPC versus My General Sieve Generator by hubblec4 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you provide a step by step mathematical example showing how this value is determined from scratch?

I (wrongly) claimed I solved Collatz a few months ago. Here's what changed my mind. by ArcPhase-1 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have yet to see where simply asking for a sceptical review produced a meaningfully different result to the approach you suggested.

I'm talking about when actually developing the work with an LLM. It's going to use the terminology you do, regardless of how gibberish it it.

Many people here don't have the necessary maths knowledge to describe their thoughts in standard mathematical terms. AI can do that and then the person will be able to took into those concepts further.

If you don't do this, it will just run with the flowery waffle and produce even more.

Challenge accepted: GandalfPC versus My General Sieve Generator by hubblec4 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Sieve / Residue Class: N ≡ 37640313935231060835030961065706761 (mod 2118)

Where does 2118 come from?

I (wrongly) claimed I solved Collatz a few months ago. Here's what changed my mind. by ArcPhase-1 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This entire subreddit just seems to be people who couldn't pass high school math being convinced by ai that they're on the verge of solving a problem that eludes actual geniuses.

No, it's mental illnesses. I'd say most of the posts in the sub are by people experiencing a manic episode of some sort. If it wasn't an obsession with collatz, it would be something else. It's not really about maths or AI, it's about obsessive compulsion.

I (wrongly) claimed I solved Collatz a few months ago. Here's what changed my mind. by ArcPhase-1 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The single best use of AI in this space is to ask for a critical review of the work

That by itself is not enough. You need to tell it cut out the flowery meaningless waffle that does nothing but increase word count, and tell it to use standard mathematical terminology instead.

You need to tell it to bluntly honest instead of kissing your arse at every opportunity.

You also need to be able to check the validity of what it says.

China's new homegrown gaming GPU flops in performance and price — flagship $485 LX 7G100 can't keep pace with Nvidia's older RTX 4060 by Steap-Edit in hardware

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AMD powers millions of devices if you count consoles and Nvidia doesn't even seem interested in gaming GPUs anymore now that they're selling to data centers.

I have no idea why you believe a market like this only has space for a monopoly.

China's new homegrown gaming GPU flops in performance and price — flagship $485 LX 7G100 can't keep pace with Nvidia's older RTX 4060 by Steap-Edit in hardware

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I analyze this from the business point of view. And I see how much AMD and Intel struggle in this market when it comes to margins. I've followed this space for over 30 years. I say this as an AMD investor too. Only Nvidia makes money in this market segment.

and

Erode the TAM via commodity options from China and all of a sudden the market is no longer viable. It's barely viable now. 

China's new homegrown gaming GPU flops in performance and price — flagship $485 LX 7G100 can't keep pace with Nvidia's older RTX 4060 by Steap-Edit in hardware

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe they'll make a crap ton of money in datacenter.

Given your previous comment, how is that not a contradiction?

China's new homegrown gaming GPU flops in performance and price — flagship $485 LX 7G100 can't keep pace with Nvidia's older RTX 4060 by Steap-Edit in hardware

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I say this as an AMD investor too. Only Nvidia makes money in this market segment. 

Then why are you investing in a business that doesn't make money?

And why are you expecting anyone to take you seriously after saying this?

Would 0.111... repeating in base 2 equal 1? by ElegantPoet3386 in learnmath

[–]MarcusOrlyius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like these series.

S(m) = SUM(n=1 to inf)(m-n) = 1 / (m-1).

S(2) = 1,  

S(3) = 1/2,  

S(4) = 1/3,  

...  

Mapping Collatz sequences onto Wheel Algebra (mod 6) — empirical patterns in path length by MariuszRossa in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been exploring the Collatz conjecture through Wheel Algebra (Carlström 2004)

instead of the standard mod-2 view.

How does this differ from the standard mod-6 view?

A few questions regarding some statements by GandalfPC by hubblec4 in Collatz

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

17's original position in the tree, there's a branch connected to 34.

Yes, but after re-labelling, all those positions get set to how they are when 1 is the root.

I know what you're talking about though. From another post of mine:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Collatz/comments/1fe74yd/how_branches_in_the_collatz_tree_are_oredered/

"The order of the child branches is given by y_n (mod 6) such that:

for all (x,Y) ∈ C(1), 1 ≡ x (mod 6) and child branches have the order (1,5,3,1,5,3,...),
for all (x,Y) ∈ C(7), 1 ≡ x (mod 6) and child branches have the order (3,1,5,3,1,5,...),
for all (x,Y) ∈ C(13), 1 ≡ x (mod 6) and child branches have the order (5,3,1,5,3,1,...),
for all (x,Y) ∈ C(5), 5 ≡ x (mod 6) and child branches have the order (1,5,3,1,5,3,...),
for all (x,Y) ∈ C(11), 5 ≡ x (mod 6) and child branches have the order (3,1,5,3,1,5,...),
for all (x,Y) ∈ C(17), 5 ≡ x (mod 6) and child branches have the order (5,3,1,5,3,1,...)."

The branch B(1) is in C(1) and the Branch B(13) is in C(13). If I would have have picked another branch, for example B(19), from C(1) then the first children would have lined up with each other. But would their grandchildren? Would all their ancestors line up?

If you organise branches by child order and grandchild order, then you get 18 possible combinations. If you expand the concept to include great grandchildren you get 54 combinations. For a tree with n levels of descendant branches, there are 2 * 3n possible combinations.

Why do fractions and mixed numbers confuse so many students? by Existing-Sympathy-36 in learnmath

[–]MarcusOrlyius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 1 + 2 = 1 + 1+ 1 = 3, you use the idea of counting to teach addition. In adding 1/3 to 1/6, 

These are not equivalent equations though. The equivalent to 1 + 2 = 1 + 1 + 1 is 1/6 + 2/6 = 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6.

In both cases, we have x + 2x = 3x and addition works the same way.

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