Does Bard know how many times 'e' appears in 'ketchup'?

And the act is called... "The Aristocrats!" One of the things I am most enjoying about machine learning is how it illustrates, quite neatly, that engineers don't know how people work. Take the large language models, for instance. I have been told that they will take my job, rendering me unnecessary; that they are intelligent; that they will plan the perfect itinerary for my trip to Paris, with highlights about bars and restaurants that are definitely accurate and complete. Inspired by a tweet ab...