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1. few+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-06-03 02:12:03
>On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. - Charles Babbage

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2. guelo+k[view] [source] 2025-06-03 02:16:02
>>few+(OP)
not if you consider how confused our ideas are today
3. snowwr+Jf[view] [source] 2025-06-03 05:17:40
>>few+(OP)
Now with LLMs, you can put in the right figures and the wrong answers might come out.
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