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What is E+E?

This is the question my daughter asked me today. My autoresponder jumped on the spot. And answered 2E or EE. But that was not the answer.

So I had to be more creative. We agreed that E stands for 5: 5+5 = 10. So I needed the tenth letter in the alphabet.

If you need fingers

It's easier to figure out the tenth letter if you have something to count with. So I used my fingers and got to the right result.

Funnily enough, I asked this question to a few people. They all used their fingers to solve it.

When AI has no fingers

The next step in this journey was to ask the AI.

What is E+E? and it provided a list:

  • Environment and Energy: In some contexts, "E+E" could stand for "environment and energy" and refer to issues related to both the environment and energy production or consumption. This could include discussions of sustainable energy sources, carbon emissions, and their impact on the environment.

  • Errors and Exceptions: In computer programming, "E+E" could refer to Errors and Exceptions. This refers to how errors and unusual conditions are handled in a program, often through mechanisms such as exception handling.

  • Education and Employment: In some discussions or reports, "E+E" may stand for Education and Employment. This may be used in the context of analyzing how education and employment opportunities are linked or how educational institutions prepare individuals for the labor market.

  • Equipment and Engineering: "E+E" could also stand for "Equipment and Engineering." This could be relevant in discussions of industrial processes, machinery, or any scenario where engineering and equipment play an important role.

What about J?, I asked.

Again came a list

  • The letter "J ": In its simplest form, the "J" stands for the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a consonant and is used as a letter in words, names and symbols.

  • Joule (J): In physics, "J" is often used as an abbreviation for the joule (J), the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI).

  • J Programming Language: "J" could also refer to the J programming language, a sophisticated general-purpose programming language best known for its concise and expressive syntax and its use in mathematical and numerical data processing.

  • J as a symbol or variable: In mathematics and the natural sciences, "J" is often used as a variable or symbol to represent various quantities depending on the context. For example, in electrical engineering, "J" is often used to represent the imaginary unit (i.e., the square root of -1).

  • Names and Initials: "J" is often used as an initial in names, both first names and last names.

Then I asked:

Can J be the result of E+E?

And she answered:

Surely "J" could be the result of a mathematical or computational operation involving "E+E". It would depend on how "E" and "E" are defined and what operation is performed between them.

For example, if "E" stands for the number 2 and "E" also stands for the number 3, then "E+E" would be equal to 2 + 3, which is equal to 5. In this case, "J" could stand for the value 5.

However, without knowing the specific values or definitions of "E" and "E" and the mathematical operation used, it is impossible to determine the exact result "J". The meaning of "J" in this context depends on the variables and the calculation involved.

--> Good answer, but the AI still does not understand what it is about.

And I asked: Would fingers help to solve E+E?

and the nonsense went on....

The AI knows that fingers would help with counting. And it knows that it doesn't have any. That's why it doesn't come up with the right answer.

My conclusion. As long as the AI has no fingers, the creativity of humans is not challenged.

2023-09-30