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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/117252133930160784">Jonathan Schofield (urlyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Sep-2026 07:50:47 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@urlyman" title="urlyman@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/161114-48-20250126152727.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Jonathan Schofield" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Jonathan Schofield</a></section><article><p>I have a mutual in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@coreysnipes">@coreysnipes</a> who has wittily changed his display name.</p><p>Today, I mistakenly called Corey by his display name, because I was insufficiently attentive 🤦♂️ </p><p>But I have now attended to the mysterious Elias Thorne. </p><p>Thanks Corey 😄 </p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/elias-thorne-chatbots-llms-chatgpt-lighthouse-keeper-story/" rel="nofollow">https://www.404media.co/elias-thorne-chatbots-llms-chatgpt-lighthouse-keeper-story/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6693332#notice-13171044">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-09-16T07:50:47+09:00" title="Wednesday, 16-Sep-2026 07:50:47 JST">about 22 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/117252133930160784" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/117252133930160784">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: storage.ghost.io</div><h5><a href="https://www.404media.co/elias-thorne-chatbots-llms-chatgpt-lighthouse-keeper-story/">Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why</a></h5><div> from <span>@samleecole</span></div></header><div>LLMs including ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are obsessed with telling stories about lighthouse keepers and clockmakers, and one character named 'Elias Thorne' has made his way from chatbots to Amazon books. Researchers are trying to discover why.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Jonathan Schofield (urlyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Sep-2026 07:50:47 JST Jonathan Schofield
I have a mutual in @coreysnipes who has wittily changed his display name.
Today, I mistakenly called Corey by his display name, because I was insufficiently attentive 🤦♂️
But I have now attended to the mysterious Elias Thorne.
Thanks Corey 😄
https://www.404media.co/elias-thorne-chatbots-llms-chatgpt-lighthouse-keeper-story/
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  Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why
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  LLMs including ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are obsessed with telling stories about lighthouse keepers and clockmakers, and one character named 'Elias Thorne' has made his way from chatbots to Amazon books. Researchers are trying to discover why.

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