Chapter 23 · Eight stations in three cities
Meta-alphabet
In the brief edition: Who is missing from the archive an AI reads
What was read, and when
- The two recorded replies: 28 September 2026, in two separate calls the same morning, one model by its API, with the vendor's defaults, no system prompt and one user turn. The first question carried the reader's belief; the second was the same question without it.
- The television counter's page, dated 9 October 2017. Its station list, read on 28 September 2026: the earliest dates in June and July 2009, the last on 10 October 2024. A station's language is this book's reading of its network's name.
- The press counter's pages, read on 28 September 2026, undated but for a notice of 3 June 2026. Its national collections are behind a sign-in and were not read.
- The forum archive's files, read on 28 September 2026; the dumps they list run from June 2005 to August 2026.
- The research's summary, 10 February 2026, and its later files of March and April 2026.
- The two books quoted, read in copies on 28 September 2026.
- Table 23.1: each collection's own page or list, read on 28 September 2026.
The sources are printed in the full edition, chapter by chapter, with the day each was read. This page prints the same list.