Post #2657382
2026-05-08 16:39 UTC
@robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz reminds me of a friend who once asked Wolfram Alpha for a graph of "tan tan x", and got a graph of tan x, drawn in a light brown colour.
I think they fixed it, though. (Disappointingly.)
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@robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-08 16:43
@simontatham@hachyderm.io Wolfram Alpha used to have some utterly hilarious misinterpretations! I wish I could find examples.
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@robinsyl@meow.social 2026-06-06 19:25
@simontatham@hachyderm.io @robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz also disappointed that the answer didn't involve Japanese noodle soup x = men