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Posted by Alexander Power

Received: 2025-04-06 03:58:03
Channel: Miscellany - Miscellaneous topics

seen on Reddit: what US states border each other but don't have an Interstate Highway that crosses that border? on Reddit, the examples given were Kansas-Nebraska, Nebraska-South Dakota, South Dakota-Montana, with the diagonal "four corners" states being a special case.

Claude ... attempted to write out each list (borders and interstate connectivity) directly, and then use JavaScript to find the missing entries. It found Michigan-Wisconsin, and Idaho-Nevada.

ChatGPT ... kept giving incorrect answers, and trying to weasel its way into being right. New Hampshire-Maine (connected by I-95), West Virginia-Kentucky (connected by I-64), Vermont-Massachusetts (connected by I-91, which does not enter New Hampshire), Arizona-Utah (connected by I-15), Delaware-Pennsylvania (connected by I-95). ⚙️ ( https://chatgpt.com/share/67f1fb2f-8d18-8007-9e51-c3d68a162a3a ... I think I broke ChatGPT by telling it to use the colors)

Looking at a map, Iowa-Wisconsin, Missouri-Kentucky, Idaho-Wyoming, and Oklahoma-New Mexico were missed.