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Because "somewhat predictable" doesn't mean "non-random". In fact, almost all prefixes of algorithmically random bit sequences are somewhat predictable with an appropriate definition of "somewhat", because you can find and exploit an accidental bias from taking the prefix and any such bias translates to some predictability.

(Another possibility is that, since pi itself is not really algorithmically random, the classifier was somehow able to learn how to partially compute pi! That's another pitfall you need to avoid even when you have a good understanding of information theory and statistics...)

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