The Haj
by Leon Uris · first published 1984
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The Haj is a novel published in 1984 by American author Leon Uris about a Palestinian Arab family caught up in the area's historic events of the 1920s–1950s as witnessed by Ishmael, the youngest son. The story begins in 1922 when Ibrahim, Ishmael's father, takes over the position of muktar from his dying father in the relatively isolated village of Tabah in the Ajalon Valley, just off the main road leading to Jerusalem from Jaffa. The book then goes on to show how the family is affected by the proximity of nearby kibbutz Shemesh, by the political struggles exhibited and the pressures exerted b
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So this is great. Asking Bing 'how many chapters are in The Haj by Leon Uris?' produces the answer: According to my sources, there are 11 chapters in “The Haj” by Leon Uris[1] [1] https://cs.stanford.edu/~knuth/chatGPT20.txt Which is amazing, because of…
on ““Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT” but with ChatGPT-4” ↗…against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world. And all of us against the infidel. - “The Haj” by Leon Uris Perhaps applies to other cultures as well. After all, the Western world is now struggling against Russia and tries to define “us versus them” through this struggle.
on “George Orwell’s 1940 Review of Mein Kampf” ↗When I try this in GPT-4 I don't get a hallucination: "I'm sorry, but as an AI with a knowledge cut-off in September 2021, I can't provide specific information about the number of chapters in "The Haj" by Leon Uris. This book, like many novels, is not primarily structured by chapters and its sections may vary based on the edition of the book. You can easily find this information by checking the table…
on ““Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT” but with ChatGPT-4” ↗> And one perfectly reasonable way of interpreting that bit of raw text is that the answer to "How many chapters are in The Haj by Leon Uris?" is "11". Only if you can write a sonnet that is also a haiku!
on ““Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT” but with ChatGPT-4” ↗The Haj novel by Leon Uris, by the way, is a disturbing Zionist book that depicts Arabs as backward, violent, and incapable of progress without outside control, and that justifies the taking of Palestinian land…
on “Knuth on ChatGPT (2023)” ↗