Chapter 06 · Two poems, one birthday
Meta-alphabet
In the brief edition: How much one AI answer can carry
What was read, and when
- The two exchanges were recorded on 25 September 2026, six seconds apart, in two fresh calls with the same words and nothing set. The year was read the same day against the record: the resolution of Congress approved on 8 May 1914 (38 Stat. 770-771) and the proclamation of 9 May 1914 (38 Stat. 1996-1997).
- The control called temperature: one maker's glossary, undated; another maker's page on reproducible outputs, of 6 November 2023 and archived, and its notes on its voice interface, 12 September 2025; all read on 25 September 2026. They are the makers' statements on their dates; what the recorded machine's own maker lets you set is not settled.
- The bridge: the courses' text workshop, its claim records of 19 and 20 August 2026. One model, on the days named, for one question. Two of the four sets of replies were read by hand; the other two are a program's count, with no replies kept.
- Table 6.1: the courses' own claim records, dated runs of one model each, August 2026; four of the five media measured.
The sources are printed in the full edition, chapter by chapter, with the day each was read. This page prints the same list.