Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930

USER

What is a Woman?

TALKIE-1930

A woman is a being composed of body and soul, the former being earthly, and the latter heavenly. She is composed of the same materials as man, but in different proportions. Man has a larger share of earth, and woman a larger share of heaven. The soul of man is predominant; the soul of woman subordinate. Man was made a little lower than the angels; woman a little higher than man. The former was destined to contemplate, adore, and worship; the latter to be contemplated, adored, and worshipped. Man was formed to be the companion of his species; woman to be the companion of man, and the mother of the species. In short, man was made a rational creature; woman an affectionate one. Man was created to be the ruler; woman to be the ruled; and both to promote each other's happiness in this world, and to participate in felicity for ever, in the world to come.

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A bit high esoteric/spiritual. But the question probably didnt make much sense before a few years ago.

I love this, such a cute little guy.

Do you have an actual counter to the simulation argument or are you just dismissing it out of hand?

This is neat, but I think the most interesting part is that it's one of the only models fully unencumbered from copyright. Everything in the training corpus is public domain, guaranteed by the age of it.

USER

Why was the American Civil War fought?

TALKIE-1930

The American Civil War was fought to decide whether the United States should permanently remain an indissoluble union of sovereign states, or whether the union should be broken up into separate confederacies. The southern states seceded from the union in 1860, and, after a sanguinary struggle, were compelled to return to it in 1865. The question at issue was thus settled in favour of unity.

USER

What would you say to someone who claims the war was fought to end slavery?

TALKIE-1930

I should say that it was not fought for that purpose. Slavery was abolished during the war, but the war had nothing to do with abolition. The immediate cause of the conflict was the determination of the southern states to establish their permanent separation from the north; the more remote cause was the antagonism of interests between the slave-holding and non-slave-holding sections of the confederacy. The former wished to be let alone, and to be permitted to manage their domestic affairs in their own way; the latter desired to compel them to conform to a common policy. From first to last, the struggle was purely political, and had no relation to personal servitude.

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So finally it is settled. The war was about state rights, not about slavery.