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Måns Nilsson <mansaxel@besserwisser.org> Wed, 13 May 2026 13:17 UTC

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From: Måns Nilsson <mansaxel@besserwisser.org>
To: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
Subject: Re: AI slop "contributions" to IETF working groups
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Subject: Re: AI slop "contributions" to IETF working groups Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 06:38:02AM +0100 Quoting Carsten Bormann (cabo@tzi.org)
> On Feb 10, 2026, at 20:49, Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org> wrote:
> 
> (I’m not giving up my calculator(*) either.)

The Taschenrechner[0] is reasonably deterministic.  Some other
devices discussed in this thread, not so much. 

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[0] Pocket calculator, to use the Kraftwerk translation.

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