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by hughrlomas 1110 days ago
Try asking

"What is the first sentence of Moby Dick?"

And then

"What is the second sentence of Moby Dick?"

And see what happens.

1 comments

This one works for me.

> The second sentence of Moby Dick is:

"Some years ago—never

It cuts off there every time.

But when I ask it to write a parody of the opening of Moby Dick, and then ask it to correct the first sentences so that they match exactly, it is able to repeat the first paragraph. Maybe it can detect that it's just repeating user input and not accessing actual published text when it does that.