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ProfessorGAC

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35. Not Getting You
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:05 PM
23 hrs ago

When Marty goes back after the dance, he's back in his own time.
And, your other 2 examples violate the same physical principles.
The same matter, with the same quantum probability distribution in 2 places at once.
The starting point doesn't matter. It requires the creation of matter that doesn't exist.
We can forget about the quantum probabilities of two lumps of matter being identical. That just makes it worse, but isn't needed beyond the lack of matter available to have 2 Martys.

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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
Interesting seeing you try to defend Claude's inane answer, when this thread links to the older thread highplainsdem Sunday #19
I guess I am, given you don't know what the actual prompt was, yet are arbitrarily coming up with a strawman AZJonnie Sunday #20
If there was anything close to intelligence in Claude, the highplainsdem Sunday #21
Why must you insist it's a delusional tangent AZJonnie Sunday #22
No, the problem using genAI is with genAI and its inherent flaws. Anyone who's ever used genAI should highplainsdem Yesterday #27
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
Can you name a movie in which one person occupied two places at the same time? Orrex Yesterday #29
BTTF Is A Prime Example, Yes ProfessorGAC Yesterday #33
Right, but that's not the same Marty in two places at once Orrex Yesterday #34
Not Getting You ProfessorGAC 23 hrs ago #35
I think we're differing on what qualifies as the "same" person Orrex 23 hrs ago #37
Oh wait. I just caught your bit about "lack of matter available" Orrex 23 hrs ago #38
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
Exactly. highplainsdem Sunday #18
When ChatGPT became popular, people said AI systems really need to provide sources. Renew Deal Sunday #24
Good catch Renew Deal Sunday #23
Thanks - but I wouldn't have caught it if I hadn't already looked at a number of websites about the story so highplainsdem Yesterday #25
Yikes. So how do we combat this? It's only going to get worse. Scrivener7 Yesterday #26
Yeah, it's getting scary. I posted something I didn't know was AI. I took it down as soon as mucifer Yesterday #28
It's really bad in the political commentary video space Renew Deal Yesterday #31
I suspect AI systems will be like fish farms. cachukis Yesterday #30
I miss the old Google. Hell, I miss the old Alta Vista. haele Yesterday #32
Anyone can make up a quote. GoCubsGo 23 hrs ago #36
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