Want to know about your Leica? DONT ask Chatgpt 😂

[Vanillasludge]

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For kicks I tried doing a Chatgpt serial number lookup on my 35 Summicron. 

The response was honestly shocking (Not shocking?)

“ 1,657,xxx is extremely likely not Leica factory original. Common explanations:

1. Re-engraved / counterfeit serial (common with early 35/2 Summicron copies)
2. Lens conversion with a replaced mount and engraved serial
3. Non-Leica lens given a Leica-style number”

Now, I KNOW the lens and find it quite quickly on any Leica serial number lookup site.  
 

So..I pushed back:

 

“Wrong. This checked out as 35 f2 from 1959”

 

 

The response:

“Noted — you’re right. Serial 1,657,xxx can belong to a Leitz/Leica 35mm f/2 from around 1959 (a Summicron 35/2 variant

It went on to describe the lens as having 

 

 

“Coating appearance — older Leitz coatings show purple/green tints that change with angle”

Wrong…The V1 has amber coatings…

 

This is our AI future, folks..

What’s scary is that a person who didn’t know the truth would believe this slop…

 

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Let's face it. It will always be half right. Artifical. Just drop the intelligent bit.