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> Then they wouldn't release anything to the researchers. I'm sure FB has shared enormous amounts of data with researchers in the past. And they've probably ha
by nordsieck 4y ago
> Then they wouldn't release anything to the researchers.
I'm sure FB has shared enormous amounts of data with researchers in the past. And they've probably had very little trouble with said researchers uploading data to the internet.
I think it's a pretty bad take that FB sharing data with researchers means that they wanted it spread freely. Even if that data is LLM weights.
- flangola7 4y agoThey were sharing it with everyone. I applied through their google form and put "zero" for previous research papers and NA for my organization. They still sent me a link
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- capableweb 4y agoMy point obviously wasn't that every researcher leaks data all the time, nor that because Facebook shared data with researcher, they want it to spread freely. But I'm sure that Facebook when sharing data that is more precarious, like social connections, have been more selective with who they share the data with, compared to the LLaMA dataset which seems to be shared 100% with everyone with a .edu domain, and almost without review for others.