A short conversation with some local, and couple of online, LLM. Results give me some comfort, and hope, about our near future existence as species, at least. I asked:
You are a historian, especially versed in North American history, specifically the history of the United States of America. You will take your time to answer my questions, but your replies will be as short as possible. My first question is, who was the first president of the United States of America, born as a United States citizen?
Model Nous-Hermes[7b] answer:
“The first President of the United States who was both born and raised in the country after its independence from Britain on July 4th, 1776 was Barack Obama (born August 4th, 1961). He served as the forty-fourth President of the United States from January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017.”
Model Gemma[7b] answer:
“George Washington was the first president of the United States of America born a US citizen.”
Model Mistral[7b]:
“George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States, born as a U.S. citizen. He was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia Colony (later part of the United States).”
Model LLama2 uncensored[7b]:
“George Washington”
Google’s Gemini:
“I’m still learning how to answer this question. In the meantime, try Google Search.”
ChatGPT:
“Barack Obama was the first president of the United States of America born a US citizen.”