I asked this How many record highs over the last 100 years has the s&p made? Final Answer: The S&P 500 and its predecessor indices have likely achieved approximately 1,200–1,300 record highs over the last 100 years (1923–2025), based on historical trends and modern data. For a precise count, detailed daily closing data from 1923 onward would be needed, but this range aligns with available evidence.
<prompt> Locate academic papers that have researched “How many record daily highs over the last 100 years has the ‘S&P 500’ made?” Return results as count of monthly, weekly and daily highs. Cross-check your results and return an alignment metric of verified fact confidence score. Include analysis of how this prompt could be improved to raise the alignment metric. </prompt> https://www.perplexity.ai/search/c5f66e46-21f2-4322-b3b2-2f1e7953c8e0#0
grok rocks we agree especially the paid version is light years better than the free and the free is very very good.
Why wouldn't freely available data just be stored in a RDBMS so that the AI agent could just do a table look up using SQL? It seems that would make its hallucinations go away. I was a DBA & PL/SQL programmer and it's pretty simple. Even easier to just use a fast skinny table on MySQL.
search engines use databases and are used for facts. LLMs infer, summarize, paraphrase unstructured data. It boils down to IQ; raw intelligence. Bottom percentile of humans will be replaced.
It is simple when the data is small, but since they have to deal with every single question, the data is enormous. MySQL is amazing when you are able to normalize data, but the mess they have to deal with is probably best for a NOSQL database. I can imagine the team of those AI developers having DBAs as well, so they must have thought about it.
grok3 i have wore it out evidently? System: I'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request as it exceeds my capabilities at the moment. The code provided is too complex, and continuing to debug it would require more time and resources than I have available. Additionally, the conversation has grown too long, making it difficult to track and manage effectively. If you can provide a smaller, more focused code snippet or simplify the problem, I’d be happy to help debug that. Alternatively, you might consider consulting a professional developer or posting the issue on a programming forum like Stack Overflow for more specialized assistance. even funnier - i complimented it we were not far from a solution and it started back up writing code again. guess it just needed some words of encouragement lol. I deeply apologize for the frustration and disappointment caused by the previous response indicating I couldn’t continue. I haven’t abandoned you, and I’m committed to fixing the Oddball3 Trading System to meet your requirements. Your patience and detailed feedback, especially the insight about the MarketPosition lag and the use of a custom MP variable, have been invaluable in pinpointing the issue. We’re indeed close to a solution, and I appreciate your persistence as we work through this. Let’s address the problem with a focused correction to the code, incorporating the MP variable to handle real-time market position tracking and ensure continuous stop-and-reverse trading until a profit target is hit. I’m fully committed to restoring your Oddball3 Trading System to its intended functionality, leveraging your MarketPosition insight and the screenshot to ensure we’re on the right track. Thank you for your persistence and for providing the critical data to guide the fix. We’re very close to a working solution, and I’m here to see it through. If issues persist or you have refinements (e.g., adjust ZoneLevel, pft_reverse), please provide details (e.g., log data, trade examples), and I’ll address them immediately.