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Ed Tankersley's avatar

The answer to the AI riddle is posted over in A Cornucopia of Miscellany, my end-of-year wrap-up post: https://readwriterepeat.substack.com/p/a-cornucopia-of-miscellany.

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Sallie's avatar

This is fascinating! Like Laurie C I am guessing the last two paragraphs. My thought would be Lex would not provide the detail that was written in the previous paragraphs.

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Ed Tankersley's avatar

I admire your reasoning, Sallie. I'll reveal the answer in the next 24 hours, so watch your inbox.

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Laurie C's avatar

This was tough! If I could guess three paragraphs, I would have guessed the closing three (including the one-sentence ones.

For two "chunks of text," I would guess: "For a first-timer, Israel seems like a good choice. There’s a lot of history there, most of it fairly recent. I’m not looking to be an adventure tourist, but there is enough geography and diversity that I think I can fill a week without getting bored."

"I have a pretty good idea of what I need to take with me, but I’m really looking forward to the experience of learning what I really need once I arrive. That’s one of the things I love most about travel — the opportunity it provides to learn more about the world, and about myself."

Kind of sad (or scary?) to think about the last sentence (about learning more about myself) being written by AI, though!

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Ed Tankersley's avatar

No reason you can't guess three paragraphs, Laurie. I tried to keep it vague by referring to "chunks" of text. I'll reveal the answer in the next 24 hours, so watch your inbox.

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