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Tasmanian Devil

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1. I gave it to Gemini

Reply to dgauss (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:21 AM

15 hrs ago

It came back with something similar. Including a picture that claimed to be a "Live look from the Barad-dûr studio camera. Source: GTHIC"

So it appears to be treating it as a prompt to generate fiction.

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AI hallucination or just WTF??? [View all] dgauss 16 hrs ago OP

I gave it to Gemini Tasmanian Devil 15 hrs ago #1

Thanks, that makes sense. dgauss 15 hrs ago #2

I'm glad something does. FadedMullet 15 hrs ago #3

All of AI output is hallucination GreatGazoo 7 hrs ago #4