Developer Mistakes 256-bit Random Number for 0-256 Range, Amusing AI Community

A developer's blunder generated random numbers between 0 and 256 instead of 256-bit integers, producing absurdly small outputs. The bug, likely from misreading "256 bit" as a range, went viral in the AI community.

2026-10-23 ~ 2026-10-23 · 2 related posts

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