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by invpt 1204 days ago
I asked it "what is a memory model in computer science" to see how it handles something slightly obscure. Its answer:

> The multi-store model (also known as Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model) is a memory model in computer science that describes the interactions of threads through memory and their shared use of the data. It allows a compiler to perform many important optimizations.

> More info in the History and significance section of the Memory model (programming) Wikipedia article.

It seems to think that the Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model is somehow related to computer science, which it is not. It's a model of human memory. And that article it references does not once mention the Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model. At least it's easy to verify.

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Maybe it thinks linked sub-references on Wikipedia are more relevant than other information on the computer memory pages. Or maybe it just took "memory model" without the computer context.
Yeah, I think the problem is that the memory model (computer science) article is too short, so the model ended up spitting out information from something seemingly related, i.e., human memory models.