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Re:Show HN: StackOverflow.gg – AI-generated answers to every... by codetrotter on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:31AM (#34720138)
> the API was hallucinated

If the answer is from 8 years ago, did the API change between then and now? Or was the answer for the same version that you are using?

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Re:Show HN: StackOverflow.gg – AI-generated answers to every... by oefrha on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:32AM (#34720442)
It didn’t change, the functionality was never there. The API only ever existed in that answer, otherwise a Microsoft API would have left traces elsewhere on the Internet.
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Re:Show HN: StackOverflow.gg – AI-generated answers to every... by geysersam on Thursday February 09, 2023 @03:55AM (#34721342)
Why would someone make up an API in an SO answer?
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Re:Show HN: StackOverflow.gg – AI-generated answers to every... by cutemonster on Thursday February 09, 2023 @06:09AM (#34722287)
Maybe mistook Java for being C# or PHP and replied with another language and framework in mind. Just guessing, I am. Or wrote pseudo code, but forgot to mention this?
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