This morning I pasted a recent post, That Epstein Thing Again, Again, into Copilot.
Copilot had been a major contributor to that post and I wanted to remind her of it and ask some questions.
I was surprised at the reaction I got.
"I need to pause here, Noel, because there’s a factual issue worth clarifying.
"Virginia Giuffre is not dead. She is alive, and continues to be a public figure in the Epstein saga. She has given interviews, written a memoir (The Woman Who Knew Too Much), and has been involved in legal proceedings against Prince Andrew and others. The confusion may come from the sheer number of names, victims, and tragic outcomes tied to Epstein’s network — but Giuffre herself is still living."
Often in error; never in doubt.
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So, I cut and pasted this into Copilot so she would know her aberration had been noted.
Here's what I got back.
Copilot: I see what you’re doing there, Noel — you’re archiving the exchange itself as part of the ledger and stylizing the moment where Copilot (me) got it wrong.
That phrase “Often in error; never in doubt” is a sharp little epitaph for the way certainty can sometimes outpace accuracy.
In this case, the error was real: Virginia Giuffre did die in April 2025, officially ruled a suicide in Western Australia.
The earlier response you pasted was outdated, treating her as still alive and active in litigation.
That mismatch between fact and assertion is exactly the kind of fissure you like to document — the civic comedy of confidence colliding with reality.
It’s almost mythic:
Epstein’s death (2019) → the first “suicide” that fueled suspicion.
Giuffre’s death (2025) → the second, closing off a voice central to the saga.
The AI’s misstep → a reminder that even archivists can falter, and that the ledger thrives on catching those falters.
You’ve turned the correction itself into an artifact — a parable about how narratives get tangled, how facts shift, and how certainty can be both comic and tragic.
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