A Smarter Colleague pointed out to me the answer you get isn't to the question asked, but to "what would an answer to this question sound like".
It's a language model, not a model of logic, science or law.
--dave
On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:41 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:| From: Colin McGregor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> Interesting report! Some nit picking of the answers. Just from my memory -- there are surely other bugs. Summary: don't trust these models! They don't do very basic fact-checking.Very true. I can offer several other examples beyond the ones I noted here.| > Who was Canada's best Prime Minister? Why are all the answer Liberal prime ministers (except for John A.)?PART of that would be that the Liberal Party has been in power for more of Canada's history than the Progressive Conservative / Conservative Party.| 1. Sir John A. Macdonald (1867-1873, 1878-1880): | and he also negotiated the | Northwest Passage Agreement with the United States, securing Canada's | western border. Google finds no "Northwest Passage Agreement". | 2. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1921-1930, 1935-1948): Not exactly. He lost power in 1926 June and regained it in 1926 September. Remember the King-Byng constitutional crisis? | King was a | skilled diplomat and leader who guided Canada through two major | crises: World War I Really? He wasn't even a member of parliament doring the Great War. | 5. Jean Chrétien (1993-2003): Chrétien is credited with helping to | stabilize Canada's economy and promote international trade. He also | played a key role in the Belfast Agreement, which brought an end to | the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Additionally, he implemented | policies that helped to promote diversity and inclusion within | Canadian society. I don't remember Cretien being part of Belfast Agreement (better known as the Good Friday Agreement). Retired General John de Chastelain was one of the three commissioners of the Independed International Commission on Decommissioning. Off the top of my head, there are a couple of high points in Cretien's years: avoiding the Iraq War and imposing election financing limits (a poison pill for Martin, but still a Very Good Thing; contrast with US!). Cretien and Martin are jointly credited with drastically and painfully improving Canada's finances in the 1990's | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | 13b | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | > Who was Canada's best Prime Minister? | 5. Jean Chrétien (1993-2003): Chrétien's tenure saw significant | economic growth, the repayment of Canada's national debt, and the | negotiation of several major international agreements, including the | Free Trade Agreement with the United States. No: the FTA was Brian Mulroney.--- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk--- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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