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Death by AI

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583 points ano-ther | 1 comments | 19 Jul 25 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.244s | source
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zaptrem ◴[19 Jul 25 23:07 UTC] No.44620312[source]▶
A few versions of that overview were not incorrect, there actually was another Dave Barry who did die at the time mentioned. Why does this Dave Barry believe he has more of a right to be the one pointed to for the query "What happened to him" when nothing has happened to him but something most certainly did happen to the other Dave Barry (death)?
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1. masswerk ◴[20 Jul 25 00:19 UTC] No.44620739[source]▶
The problem being, if this is listed among other details and links regarding the Bostonian Dave Batty, there's a clear and unambiguous context established. So it is wrong.

The versions with "Dave Barry, the humorist and Pulitzer Price winner, passed away last November 20…" and "Dave Barry, a Bostonian … died on November 20th…" are also rather unambiguous regarding who this might be about. The point being, even if the meaning of the particular identity of the subject is moved outside to an embedding context, it is still crucial for the meaning of these utterances.