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Chatting to Charles FORTRAN

This month, we’re delighted to bring you a wide-ranging discussion on all things fortean with the world’s first, all-knowing, genuine super-intelligence: the AI Chatbot GPT4. I’ll be asking it to delve into its vast array of sinister servers around the globe to answer some of those critical questions that FT readers have wrestled with for decades.

GPT4 has had a number of ‘improvements’ on previous models, designed to prevent it senselessly regurgitating everything it has digested from the Internet (unlike your parents), but has this also instilled a certain overly sceptical mindset? Let’s find out. The responses below have been only lightly edited for brevity and spelling.

RS: OK. Let’s get straight down to brass tacks. Where are Elvis, Lord Lucan and the missing Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards?

As an AI language model, I don’t have access to any classified or insider information regarding the whereabouts of Elvis Presley, Lord Lucan, or Richey Edwards. These are all unresolvedthe circumstances surrounding their disappearances continue to intrigue and fascinate people, and many theories and rumours continue to circulate.

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