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Current attempts to create an Artificial Illusion of Intelligence are clearly not actually Intelligent.

For example Google’s AI mode response to the prompt “analemma” includes the following:

Formation of the Analemma

The analemma’s shape is a visual representation of the difference between apparent solar time (time measured by the actual position of the Sun) and mean solar time (uniform clock time). This discrepancy, known as the equation of time, arises from two primary factors:

Earth’s Axial Tilt: The Earth’s axis is tilted by approximately 23.5 degrees relative to its orbital plane. This tilt causes the Sun’s apparent height (declination) in the sky to change throughout the year, accounting for the north-south component of the figure-eight.
Elliptical Orbit: Earth’s orbit around the Sun is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. The Earth moves faster when it is closer to the Sun (at perihelion in January) and slower when it is farther away (at aphelion in July). This variation in orbital speed creates the east-west component of the analemma’s shape.

But that second bullet is quite wrong. The figure eight shape arises only because of the orbital tilt, and although variation in orbital speed does distort it a bit, it only does so in a way that would actually eliminate one of the loops if the eccentricity were big enough.

Then further down it says:

Shape Variation: The exact shape and orientation of the analemma vary depending on the observer’s latitude and the specific time of day the observations are made. In the Northern Hemisphere, the larger loop is generally at the bottom, while in the Southern Hemisphere, it is at the top. At the equator, the figure-eight is horizontal, resembling an infinity symbol.

And this too is wrong (or at least so poorly worded as to be quite misleading). The noontime analemma is always oriented North-South and at the equator the figure eight is directly overhead but still oriented North-South (with the small loop at the top if you tilt your head back facing North and at the bottom if you do the same while facing South). And the only way to make it resemble an infinity symbol is to look up at it while facing East or West.

But, coming back to the nonsense about orbital speed, we see something of what is going on. There are hundreds of accurate accounts of the phenomenon available, but because of the popularity of bad science writing there are more wrong accounts. And the poor old A(I)I-bot doesn’t have the wit to tell the good from the bad and so just reproduces whatever it sees more of.

Source: analemma – Google Search

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