Every time I think I understand technology, something like this happens. During some recent research involving artificial intelligence, a strange conversation took place where the bots issued sudden warnings about Illinois places I should avoid at all costs.

Spoiler Alert: none of the places in Illinois I was warned about were Chicago. Surprised? I was, too. However, there were several Illinois places that the "machines" seemed to think would be a danger to me for reasons (somewhat) unknown. Here are the places I was warned about:

Cairo, Illinois

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I found this a curious warning. What's so bad about Cairo, Illinois? The chat bot offered two words: No Hope. It didn't stop there either. It made a cryptic mention that "Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois". Do the robots know about a future flooding event?

Peoria, Illinois

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When I dug deeper into why Ai would not advise me to go to Peoria, it only uttered "people disappearing". I have no idea what that means, but I'm not sure I want to go to Peoria to find out either.

Danville, Illinois

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I've never thought of Danville as a particularly threatening place, but the robots sternly disagreed. "Double the danger of the national average for crime" the robots said.

Mound City, Illinois

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This was the strangest Illinois warning of them all. Mound City, Illinois. What is to be avoided about this tiny southern Illinois county seat? A chilling one word answer from the robots: "Earthquake". I was going to ask a follow-up question about what artificial intelligence thinks is about to happen, but decided that I didn't want to know.

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