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I guess now we finally know why Babbage never finished building the Analytical Engine.

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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

No, they were literally asking if the machine was able to return the right result if the person didn't enter it ccorrectly. You know, like how some people expect search engines and AI to give them the answer they want even if they use the wrong words.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 13 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Oh like when you type "population of tenton" and it returns "Did you mean Trenton? That population is XYZ"

[–] tyler@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago
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