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Why would running the model with Firefox crash his Mac? At worst, it should start swapping: > The first time I tried it consumed every remaining bit of availab
by ec109685 2y ago
Why would running the model with Firefox crash his Mac? At worst, it should start swapping:
> The first time I tried it consumed every remaining bit of available memory and hard-crashed my Mac
Also, hallucinations so easily dismissed these days:
> (Deborah Penrose was the mayor of Half Moon Bay for a single year from December 2016 to December 2017—so a hint of some quite finely grained world knowledge there, even if it’s not relevant for the present day.)
- simonw 2y agoI imagine it crashed because it wasn't just using the RAM for the CPU, it was using it for the GPU which might not be able to swap in the same way. I don't think listing an outdated mayor of a tiny town really counts as a hallucination, especially since Half Moon Bay appears to change mayors about once a year. It told me I used to work for GitHub which is definitely a hallucination, that's never been true. Weirdly a bunch of models make that mistake.
- ec109685 2y agoBut it confidently implied they are the mayor, which would make you look stupid if you sent the letter. That is the Achilles heal of these models :(
- simonw 2y agoHonestly, that mostly only matters if you haven't yet learned how to use this stuff responsibly. LLMs have incomplete world knowledge and frequently make mistakes. The challenge is learning how to use them anyway.