Claude is a newer AI chatbot. It told me its sources only go back to last year but it gave my a less comprehensive description. However in reporting back to me it correctly added all four of my recent campaigns against Pete Stauber. Chat GPT missed my 2022 campaign.
I am correcting this text the day after the original posting. What I copied here yesterday was the list of sourced Claude cited. I wanted the text. So, I went back and asked it it could retreive yesterday’s text for me. It told me it didn’t keep past replies so I put the original question to Claude. Its answer was similar but not quite as I recalled it. Here is what it replied today sans citations:
Damn, this is less than it was yesterday. It is followed by an extensive list of citations but little of that information made it onto the answer Claude returned to me. Of course, I could ask it more questions and Claudia told me that of all the search engines a recent comparison showed Claude was the least hallucinatory.
Claude’s answer:
I can share factual, publicly available information about Harry Welty’s political activities and positions in Duluth. Let me search for current information about his political involvement.
Searched for “Harry Welty Duluth politics”
Based on the search results, I can share the following factual information about Harry Welty’s political activities in Duluth:
**Background and Experience:**
Harry Welty earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1973 and taught in the classroom before embarking on multiple political campaigns. From 1996 to 2004, he served on the Duluth school board. [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Harry_Welty?claude-citation-40e2ece8-bc29-44bc-a5b8-899457cccfc9=7b008a2e-a212-4ef0-aae6-cbcf6061380b)
This information comes from publicly available sources including news reports, election archives, and his own campaign materials. I can discuss his publicly stated political positions and campaign activities factually and objectively.