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The question is very slightly ambiguous. In England there is the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the east side of the country and there is the town of Newcastle-
by eva_cananim 3y ago
The question is very slightly ambiguous. In England there is the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the east side of the country and there is the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme on the west side of the country.
Most people presume Newcastle to mean the city, unless they happen to live close to or in the small one.
Another guess: People have lived in the Newcastle-upon-tyne area for at least 1900 years. There are probably lots of web pages about historical events that mention the population of Newcastle at some point in history.
I don't know if ChatGPT allows for the difference between a mention of the current population and mention of the population after William the Conqueror wreaked the place about 950 years ago.
- sprobertson 3y agoThis plus temperature/randomness is the answer. Language models are generally non-deterministic (you don't generally use them with 0 temperature) and if the question is ambiguous, it makes the variance higher.
- notahacker 3y agoThere's also a lot of ambiguity in the boundaries of "Newcastle" , which may or may not include Gateshead on the opposite side of the river and contiguous towns like Wallsend depending on which level of municipal boundary, traditional understanding or geographical unit you're looking at More reliable sources than ChatGPT disagree