Jerry Banfield Fails His Own AI Math Game
Jerry Banfield built an AI-generated math game but couldn't answer his own 12th grade questions, guessing 'five or eight' and calling it 'a gut thing.'
Jerry Banfield has been using AI to create video games, and his latest project is "Jerry Banfield Math Strike," a math game hosted on jerrybanfield.net where players pick a grade level and solve timed math problems with a crosshair interface. The hosts noted the irony of Jerry criticizing others for wasting time on video games while he himself plays them, suggesting he should "play video games with your kids instead of molesting them while they're trying to play." The real comedy came when Jerry selected grade 12 and was asked, "What is the coefficient of x cubed in (x+1) to the 5th?" Jerry had no idea how to solve it, saying "it feels like it's probably five or eight" and that it would "take a minute." The hosts roasted him mercilessly, with one noting: "You have no idea what you're doing." Another quipped, "When it comes to math, go with your instinct, right? It's a gut thing." The hosts pointed out that even the creator of the game couldn't demonstrate how to play it, comparing it to a disastrous Shark Tank pitch. They suggested Jerry should have started at grade six to "give yourself a fighting chance."