You are probably all way ahead of me on this

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Subject:	You are probably all way ahead of me on this
From:	"Geoffrey Dabb via Canberrabirds " <>
Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:07:32 +0000

… but I recently came across Grokipedia, an AI-generated online encyclopedia developed and operated by xAI, a company founded by Elon Musk. There is a long and remarkably informative article on COG. I read this carefully for any inaccuracies, but it performed quite well, given that this is a view from a distance, through slightly out-of-focus binoculars.

One point that puzzled me was where Elon’s AI elves found a current Pocket Guide to the Birds of Canberra (from 2010s) (see attached). This may be a reference to the 2004 brochure by Peter Marsack, Penny Osen and Tom Green sadly no longer in print.

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