AI Responses May Include Mistakes
Published on: 2025-06-11 11:48:16
The other day I wanted to look up a specific IBM PS/2 model, a circa 1992 PS/2 Server system. So I punched the model into Google, and got this:
That did not look quite right, since the machine I was looking for had 486 processors (yes, plural). And it most certainly did use Microchannel (MCA).
Alright, let’s try again:
Simply re-running the identical query produces a different summary. Although the AI still claims that PS/2 Model 280 is an ISA-based 286 system. Maybe the third time is the charm?
The AI is really quite certain that PS/2 Model 280 was a 286-based system released in 1987, and I was really looking for a newer machine. Interestingly, the first time the AI claimed Model 280 had 1MB RAM expandable to 6MB, and now it supposedly only has 640 KB RAM. But the AI seems sure that Model 280 had a 1.44 MB drive and VGA graphics.
What if we try again? After a couple of attempts, yet different answer pops up:
Oh look, now the PS/2 Model 280 is a 286 expandable to 128 MB RAM. Amaz
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