Welp, guess I’m becoming obsolete... But not quite yet.
What does a machine think about obsolete technology, in the form of swords? Artificial Intelligence has advanced a lot in recent years, and ChatGPT is said to be the best chat AI currently. So let’s test it out and see if it has well-informed responses to certain loaded, controversial questions in the historical weapon community.
If you want to try it out yourself:
All hail Skynet!
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