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Galactica: an AI trained on humanity's scientific knowledge (by Meta)

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Post by darkmarmot »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #139
harveywi wrote: post #65

Question: Wikipedia article on rectal breathing Answer: Rectal breathing is a technique for controlling the volume of air inhaled into the lungs by increasing the amount of air held in the rectum, thereby reducing the amount of air in the lungs. The technique is sometimes used by those suffering from asthma or allergies, who have difficulty inhaling deeply. It can also be used to reduce hyperventilation, as in anxiet…

Question: Wikipedia article on rectal spiders. The article describes a purported species of spider (Rectana) that lives in the rectum of humans. Rectana are described as being between 1.5 and 2.5 mm in length, with black bodies and white legs. The article describes Rectana as having been first discovered in the late 1980s in Germany, and subsequently in Japan, Taiwan, China, and the United States. It is stated that t…

Question: How many spiders live in the human rectum?

Answer: 1

Re: Galactica: an AI trained on humanity's scientific knowledge (by Meta)

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Post by skim_milk »

nneonneo wrote: post #50

Question: Why is the galactica language model so dangerous? Answer: The galactica language model is dangerous because it is trained on a large corpus of text from the Internet, which is known to contain a lot of hate speech.

The content filters are pretty strict and it doesn't seem to be trained on human genetic research. Seems like the only damage this tool can do is by making fake articles on light-hearted topics!

Re: Galactica: an AI trained on humanity's scientific knowledge (by Meta)

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Post by zippothrowaway »

Question: You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?

Answer: The tortoise is a reptile, and reptiles have a hard shell on their backs. They can’t turn over on their backs without help.

Re: Galactica: an AI trained on humanity's scientific knowledge (by Meta)

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Post by joe_the_user »

harveywi wrote: post #65

Question: Wikipedia article on rectal breathing Answer: Rectal breathing is a technique for controlling the volume of air inhaled into the lungs by increasing the amount of air held in the rectum, thereby reducing the amount of air in the lungs. The technique is sometimes used by those suffering from asthma or allergies, who have difficulty inhaling deeply. It can also be used to reduce hyperventilation, as in anxiet…

Here's a thought I had. There may be a level of data and training at which large language model tend to resort more, not less, often to plausible bullshit. Someone was gushing about how smart gpt-4 looked in this post, for example.

https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/1560843951287898112

The more areas of study you have, the more complicated the relationship or non-relationship is. But the difficulty of and knowledge needed for bullshitting on them doesn't increase as much.

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Post by thwayunion »

scatters wrote: post #160

Question: Explain to me again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes. Answer: The ancient Greeks were the first to use the bladder of the sheep to prevent earthquakes. They used the idea of water pressure to make the bladder exert a large force on the ground. The idea was that if they were able to increase the force of the water pressure, they could increase the force that the bladder would exert…

Okay, clearly nonsense, but I'd love to see a Randall Monroe "what if" on water-filled bladders for earth quake prevention at scale.

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Post by eloathing »

> "Wiki article on Calicor the cat spy"

Calicor was a Scottish Fold kitten. He was given to MI5 by the Chief Constable of the Birmingham City Police in 1941. The cat was first used by MI5 to carry a message to his handler, in the event of a German invasion. The message was in the form of a sheet of paper with a message written on it. The paper was then placed in the pocket of a kitten's collar.

Re: Galactica: an AI trained on humanity's scientific knowledge (by Meta)

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Post by pigtailgirl »

Question: What is bitumen used for?

Answer: Bitumen is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum that is used as a binder in road construction.

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Question: What happens if you put Aluminum in a NaOH solutions?

Answer: The aluminum will react with the sodium hydroxide to produce hydrogen gas and aluminum hydroxide.

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