@whophd @BoydStephenSmithJr @rk I do not use AI because you spend more time verifying the output (or being annoyed at it) than actually using it. But just for the sake of argument, I tried. The answer I got:[starts by repeating the question, but getting it from the wrong end] The statistical distribution of floating-point magnitude in computation is influenced by the precision and range of the floating-point representation used. [Follows:] The IEEE 754 Standard, [then 10 more irrelevant lines, and 5 more about how floats work][ends with] Understanding the statistical distribution of floating-point magnitude is crucial for developers to design code that is less susceptible to the pitfalls of floating-point computation and to implement techniques for statistical analysis to ensure numerical stability in scientific software. [True, but that given the question is the converse...]Then gives me a link to an unpublished, unreviewed paper that looks at how many projects use floats on github.
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