Not by chance: No. 27 reveals how AI learns from humans
Recently, according to hindustantimes, an interesting phenomenon that makes the technology community curious is when asked to randomly select a number from 1 to 50, ChatGPT as well as some other AI models that often answer is 27.
Not once, but repeatedly with surprising frequency. This strange coincidence has raised the question: Why is artificial intelligence "blind" to the number 27?
The phenomenon began to receive widespread attention after Kartikey Sengar, an author on Medium, shared an analysis of the digital choice behavior of AI chatbot such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude...
In which, the number 27 appears prominently and continuously. Sengar asserted that this was a too frequent model for randomness, although there was no evidence to show that the number had been programmed into the model.
Interestingly, AI does not create jobs by itself, but simply reflects habits and data from humans. Language models like ChatGPT are trained on a huge warehouse of data from books, articles, forums, social networks and all have the mark of human behavior.
Therefore, if many people unconsciously choose 27 when asked to choose any, AI will learn and repeat that trend.
But why do humans choose 27?
This number has many surprising cultural and scientific meanings. The Moon takes about 27 days to revolve around Earth. Human skin also regenerates after a 27-day cycle. In popular culture, 27 Club is famous for talented but underrated artists such as Kurt Cobain or Amy winehouse. 27 is also considered a "ps responsibility" number in many cultures and schools of numbering.
From there, it can be understood that AI's obsession with the number 27 is not a fault, but a mirror that reflects us. This is not only a strange coincidence but also a vivid example of the ability of artificial intelligence to detect and recreate hidden models in human thinking and culture, sometimes even before we recognized them.
If you try asking ChatGPT to choose some randomly and it says 27, don't be surprised. Maybe, you yourself have chosen the same.
