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Captain Snooze · 11-04-2025, 01:40 AM

I asked Grok to optimize an itinerary. 365 days, 40 locations. After a couple of criteria were added it produced a csv file. I loaded the file into a spreadsheet, summed the days and it came to 387. I pointed this out. It apologized and redid the itinerary. Still 387 day. I pointed this out again. It apologized, pointed out the error in its calculation and produced a corrected csv file. Still 387 days. Another apology, ran it through a Python script. All fixed it claimed. Mmmm... still 387 days. This happened a total of 8 times. Apologies, found the error, new file. Still not right. I gave up, paid for a month's subscription to Chatgpt5 and finally got a workable timetable. This itinerary will not be used; it was a test run. But I was amazed at the simple mistake that Grok was producing. It didn't seem to recognize the error when calculating, only in hindsight but it didn't learn.

I have struck AI hallucinations before but not simple addition errors like this.

11-04-2025, 01:40 AM	#11817
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,820 Thanks: 4,051 Thanked 9,562 Times in 4,197 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I asked Grok to optimize an itinerary. 365 days, 40 locations. After a couple of criteria were added it produced a csv file. I loaded the file into a spreadsheet, summed the days and it came to 387. I pointed this out. It apologized and redid the itinerary. Still 387 day. I pointed this out again. It apologized, pointed out the error in its calculation and produced a corrected csv file. Still 387 days. Another apology, ran it through a Python script. All fixed it claimed. Mmmm... still 387 days. This happened a total of 8 times. Apologies, found the error, new file. Still not right. I gave up, paid for a month's subscription to Chatgpt5 and finally got a workable timetable. This itinerary will not be used; it was a test run. But I was amazed at the simple mistake that Grok was producing. It didn't seem to recognize the error when calculating, only in hindsight but it didn't learn. I have struck AI hallucinations before but not simple addition errors like this. __________________ My car is completely stock except for all the mods.