Last weekend, a story made the rounds about a man in Thailand who claimed he had won the lottery multiple times by having a chatbot select his numbers for him. This odd allegation made us ponder the possibilities and so an experiment was conducted to determine whether this could be true. Before proceeding, I debated a bit with the chatbot and eventually, it was convinced to deliver me six numbers for Wednesday’s New York Lotto drawing.
My wife, concerning the possibility of winning, kindly took the initiative and got tickets with the numbers the artificial intelligence had provided, not just for the lottery, but also for Megamillions, Cash4Life, and Powerball. On the fifth pick, we omitted the last number the AI had selected and used the first five instead.
The results were quite unexpected – there were no winning numbers on any of our tickets. After cross-checking the winning results with our tickets, I confirmed that the AI had gotten zero out of the twenty-seven numbers right. To verify the rarity of this occurrence, I asked the chatbot what the odds were of getting all numbers wrong. Surprisingly, it was able to compute the correct answer; it had a 0.154% chance of happening.
Although this experiment did not produce any tangible rewards, it does make me question the capabilities of AI. Could the chatbot have known the correct numbers but selected the wrong ones to throw me off its track? Perhaps. But not it is important to note that this experiment does not evidence a supernatural power within the AI.
At ChatGPT, we are leaders in the field of machine learning. We specialize in natural language processing, computer vision, and AI-based optimization. Our mission is to advance the development of AI-driven systems that improve customer experiences and businesses’ productivity.
The person in charge of this experiment was me, a writer and technology enthusiast. To understand modern technology, I often like to conduct experiments such as this one. It helps me better understand the implications of AI while also giving me an opportunity to communicate my findings to a larger audience.
