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Junior Dev VS Machine Learning

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This is all funny and stuff but chatGPT knows how long the German Italian border is and I'm sure, most of you don't
- Nobody knows how long any border is if it adheres to any natural boundaries. The only borders we know precisely are post-colonial perfectly straight ones.
  
  Well, for non-adjacent countries, the answer is still straightforward
  
  Yes, I too can confidently state the precise length of the infamous Loatian-Canadian border.
  
  I've tried, but chatGPT won't give me an answer. So far, my personal record is Serbia - Iraq. If you find 2 countries that are further apart, yet chatGPT will give you a length of the border, feel free to share a screenshot!
  
  Thank you for your service, Sir - that made my day.
- So I apparently have too much free time and wanted to check. So I asked ChatGPT how long the border was exactly, and it could only get an approximate guess, and it had to search using Bing to confirm.
  
  Here I am wondering why no one made the joke that the answer was not found (404) but chat gpt assumed it was the answer 😂
  
  Presumably, we can expect 404 to eventually replace 42 as the answer to everything.
  
  lol, holy shit... I can't believe I didn't notice that.
  
  Google's AI gives it as:
  The length of the German-Italian border depends on how you define the border. Here are two ways to consider it:
  Total land border: This includes the main border between the two countries, as well as the borders of enclaves and exclaves. This length is approximately 811 kilometers (504 miles).
  Land border excluding exclaves and enclaves: This only considers the main border between the two countries, neglecting the complicated enclaves and exclaves within each country's territory. This length is approximately 756 kilometers (470 miles).
  It's important to note that the presence of exclaves and enclaves creates some interesting situations where the border crosses back and forth within the same territory. Therefore, the definition of "border" can influence the total length reported.
  
  That's a number I never got. I got either 700 something km or 1000 something. It's only sometimes that chatGPT realizes that there are Austria and Switzerland in between and there is no direct border
- Make sure you ask the AI not to hallucinate because it will sometimes straight up lie. It’s also incapable of counting.
  
  But where is it fun in it if I can't make it hallucinate?
  
  I do feel bad when I have to tell it not to. Hallucinating is fun!
  
  But does it work to tell it not to hallucinate? And does it work the other way around too?
  
  It’s honestly a gamble based on my experience. Instructions that I’ve given ChatGPT have worked for a while, only to be mysteriously abandoned for no valid reason. Telling AI not to hallucinate is apparently common practice from the research I’ve done.
  
  Makes me wonder: Can I just asked it to hallucinate?
  
  Yep. Tell it to lie and it will.

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