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And for fun, and for future readers if the above ChatGPT link breaks, ChatGPT did "show its work" for the various calculations, which I think is super cool. He
by claar 3y ago
And for fun, and for future readers if the above ChatGPT link breaks, ChatGPT did "show its work" for the various calculations, which I think is super cool.
Here's its Python code it used to calculate travel days:
# Constants
acceleration = 2 * 9.81 # 2G in m/s^2
distance_to_uranus_km = 2.6e9 # Average distance to Uranus in kilometers
distance_to_uranus_m = distance_to_uranus_km * 1000 # Convert to meters
# Distance for half the journey
half_distance = distance_to_uranus_m / 2
# Time to reach halfway point (t = sqrt(2d/a))
# Using formula d = 1/2 * a * t^2, rearranged for t
time_to_halfway = (2 * half_distance / acceleration)**0.5
# Total time for the journey (double the halfway time)
total_travel_time = 2 * time_to_halfway
# Convert total time from seconds to days for easier interpretation
total_travel_time_days = total_travel_time / (24 * 3600)
total_travel_time_days
Here's its code for calculating the top speed:
# Calculate top speed at halfway point (v = at)
top_speed = acceleration * time_to_halfway
# Convert top speed from m/s to km/h for easier interpretation
top_speed_kmh = top_speed * 3.6
top_speed_kmh
It's wondrous to me that LLMs can now execute code for such answers rather than just hallucinating their answers. I can't wait to see where this goes as AI gains access to additional tools.