Chat gpt-4o and other models refusing to directly quote texts over 2000 years old is bullshit. They've been coded to protect the universities.
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Oh did you think AI would make knowledge cheaper and easier to access for layperson's instead another cudgel for authority figures to use as a gatekeeping and control device?
Give me an example to test it out. Big if true.
Plato's Timaeus
I could get quotes from Timaeus but my AI picked those out from websites rather than browse the book.
Good choice sir, this read is big dick energy. Few.
You must be better at prompting than I - I tried several times and it only gave me variations of "I recommend getting the book but I can't quote it directly."