Tonight, Scots will feast on haggis, neeps and tatties to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns, the 18th century Scottish poet. Ever since his 1786 poem, 'Address to a Haggis', the savoury pudding has been memorialised as Scotland's national dish. However, according to an artificial intelligence chatbot, this cultural icon may not be what it seems. Bard, Google's free AI tool, claims the dish – made of offal, oats and spices – has its'historical roots in English culinary traditions'. It admits that haggis'plays a central role in traditional Scottish celebrations like Burns Night and Hogmanay', but it has a'complex and interconnected history'.

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