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Re:The Bombard Story by CrazyStat on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:22PM (#26233178)
> I don't think even half of it turned out to be factually correct in the end, meaning less truthful than randomness.

This implies a 50% chance that a randomly generated statement is true, which--without getting into the weeds on the generative model--is certainly false.

For example, I can generate random statements of the form "I am X years old" for X \in {1, ..., 100}.

Far from a 50% chance that the statement is factually correct.

Re:The Bombard Story by a1369209993 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @04:32AM (#26235399)
> without getting into the weeds on the generative model

No, that very much depends on the weeds of the generative model. I can generate random statements of the form "I am not X years old" for X \in {1, ..., 100}.

Re:The Bombard Story by CrazyStat on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @09:33AM (#26237684)
Also far from a 50% chance that the statement is correct.
Re:The Bombard Story by forgotmypw17 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @09:59AM (#26238024)
If you limit to true/false statements, it is 0.5
Re:The Bombard Story by nradov on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:16PM (#26233146)
"Water, water, everywhere, so let's all have a drink"

-Homer Simpson

Re:The Bombard Story by wuwuno on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:52PM (#26233001)
why don't you try it out and report back?