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From: Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: ChatGPT fails a calendar computation
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On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:50:16 -0700, Paul S Person wrote:

>>
>>Does it do anything but repeat "facts" that it has "read"?  Answers that
>>it was told?
> 
> As I understand it, what it does is decide, for each word it outputs,
> what the next most likely word is, and outputs that. It is possible
> that, as it builds a response, the options narrow down, but I don't know
> that.

Although the chat thought that "this year" was 2024
(see last question in my dialogue with it):
https://chatgpt.com/c/67ded1c2-4198-8013-a16b-d1e82557f868

it appeared to do a terrific job of writing a physics chapter 
just for me:
https://chatgpt.com/c/67c8fc3e-caa4-8013-9044-f0efcdee3e34