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AZJonnie

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13. It's not surprising that it got confused, this entire discussion is extremely circular
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 05:00 PM
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In fact, I use Claude all the time, and it is very solid at getting quotes right when the attribution is clear-cut, but not when it finds a forum discussion thread like this. You also don't know the prompt that provoked this response which was very lackadaisically composed on my part.

AI getting this completely right would be outside the scope of a cheap or free subscription. This discussion, over multiple threads, involving multiple people, is simply too complicated for it to parse, given there's a limit to how hard it will work on any given response. All that it 'got completely wrong' is that it didn't search the entire history of the entire internet to see if the blurb was from any publication ever posted to the internet.

If I had a $100/month subscription using a model with more horsepower, and I wasn't using a model that specializes in coding work but rather on interpreting conversations, it would've done a better job. You get what you pay for in the AI world, and you need to use the right tool for the task, and you ABSOLUTELY have to compose good prompts

But your overall point is taken: It's established that AI makes mistakes and should be reviewed.

P.S. I understand how and why "writing" generally, and proper attribution in particular is very near and dear to you and understand why this mistake (in Goonch's post) is particularly irksome

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Thx to you & Goonch SheltieLover Friday #1
Lol for fun I asked an AI the reason for the discrepancy and gave it the passage from your post AZJonnie Friday #2
Not sure what you mean. It quoted one of my replies in that Science Fiction thread, or it quoted highplainsdem Friday #4
I mean it literally sourced from this very thread AZJonnie Friday #7
Claude is clueless. There is an actual story. I posted links about it in the earlier thread I linked to. There highplainsdem Friday #9
It's not surprising that it got confused, this entire discussion is extremely circular AZJonnie Friday #13
I would've expected any bot to at least follow the links in both threads, which would have shown that highplainsdem Friday #15
Claude would have seen this bit, in Goonch's follow-up, which said this: AZJonnie Friday #17
And, The Chatbot Is Still Wrong ProfessorGAC Friday #3
+1. It's patent nonsense dalton99a Friday #5
I don't know about that one, Professor :) AZJonnie Friday #8
I'm Going To Say No ProfessorGAC Friday #11
Obviously I know I don't know nearly as much on this topic as you do, so I generally defer, Sir :) AZJonnie Friday #14
Pretty Much ProfessorGAC Friday #16
These tools don't just fabricate fiction. They fabricate citations in law and science pieces. RockRaven Friday #6
Yes. I mentioned that in the earlier thread I linked to. I've posted lots of warnings here over the last few years highplainsdem Friday #10
+1. AI is essentially a smooth-talking buzzword-spewing bullshitter with an unlimited capacity for plagiarism dalton99a Friday #12
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