Ask HN: Why 17?

If I ask an LLM to pick a number between 1 and 30, it always picks 17. Tried with multiple models. Why 17?

4 points | by tonyvince7 4 hours ago

3 comments

curiousObject 4 hours ago
Probably because it’s trained by humans and humans are more likely to choose certain numbers when they’re asked to choose randomly. 7 is a popular choice
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-often-pick-17-as-a-rando...
codevark 4 hours ago
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jake_and_fatman 4 hours ago
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