[LINK] AI Puts Its Foot In It

Tom Worthington tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Mon Nov 4 10:56:21 AEDT 2024


After having my foot measured by a gadget in a sports store, I did a 
Google web search to translate mm into a size. Google's AI Overview said:

	"A men's shoe size that fits a foot length of 266 mm is a US size 9.5 
or an Irish/UK size 8.5".

However, it then said "US size 9: Fits a foot length of 262–265 mm". So 
it went up half a shoe size because my foot was only 1mm over the range 
from the previous size. Shouldn't it have rounded down?

ps: Not a life or death issue, but I thought I would test if I can still 
post: https://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2024-November/041983.html


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Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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