October 2, 2025

AI AND I #2

AI and I: What is Jeûne Genevois? #2


 Carol did tell us it Chatbots sometimes lied, invented facts -- perhaps to flesh out the narrative, pretend it knows, protect its ego and shut you up.


queried it on the history of the Jeûne Genevois, a (religious) day of fasting (jeûne) on the first Thursday of September.


Well.....apparently it's a kind of SWISS CHEESE!


                                                                                                        

                                                                        WHAT?? 


No one fasts. 

It's like Labor Day with plums.


People bake or buy scrumptious plum tarts, go to

the country, take in a show, meet with friends and enjoy   

Labor Day by the Lake.  

I simply wanted a bit more historic/religious context 

for this special holiday.


Follow-up:

I checked both my search bots and now they have come

to their senses: a religious commemoration of the

Protestant Reformation (thought so) and some

people do fast. I haven't met them.


Bot Motto

"No deep-dive research - just a quick dip for whatever

floats belly-up to the surface.


Politicians can be liars to please the crowd.

Hey........just like a bot!