[ExI] Gender-Neutral Side Note

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 08/11/2025 12:14, John Clark wrote:
> *repeated the same experiment that they had performed, it's not 
> difficult. And Claude agrees with me. I asked him (her? it?) the 
> following question: *
>
> *Me: On Christopher Columbus's first voyage did he know how big the 
> Earth was? I don't think he did because if north and south America 
> didn't exist and there was nothing but ocean between Portugal and 
> India he didn't have enough provisions to make a voyage of that length.*
>
> Claude: You're absolutely right, and this is one of the most 
> interesting misconceptions about Columbus's voyage!
>


It would be interesting, I think, to repeat this, saying something like 
"... I think he did because this is easy to calculate", or similar. 
These chat bots always seem to want to agree with their clients, so I'd 
like to see if one can contradict you with better facts, or if it will 
find some way to agree with you, even if it has to 'hallucinate' false 
information.

-- 
Ben

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