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Pottery from Ancient Israel.
I created this by asking ChatGPT a series of questions. It is OK, not very detailed. ChatGPT didn't quite meet my expectations. I asked it for references to learn more and it suggested reading journal articles and excavation reports. I was actually hoping for a list of specific articles, reports, etc., not a ridiculously general statement.
Using ChatGPT is probably a
good way to start a page or article or to get ideas, but it isn't going to create a
complete work. Not yet.
I asked it some questions about collecting
ancient coins. At first it said to collect safely, a collector needed to be able to authenticate the coins and buy from an expert dealer with a guarantee. I pointed out that if the dealer actually was an expert with a guarantee, then a collector did not need to authenticate them himself or or herself. It actually apologized for not thinking clearly and agreed.
By the way, I asked it for recommended ancient coin dealers. It failed to mention
Forum Ancient Coins, it did list
VCoins and a few dealers I know, it listed a few dealers I do not know. Most surprising, recommended Numismatic Fine Arts (
NFA). Theoretically if you ask now, it won't recommend
NFA since I told it that
NFA is no longer in business.
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