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I hadn't heard that, but he was heavily involved in a cancelled project called Galactica that was an LLM for scientific knowledge.
by HarHarVeryFunny 1y ago
I hadn't heard that, but he was heavily involved in a cancelled project called Galactica that was an LLM for scientific knowledge.
- fooker 1y agoYeah that stuff generated embarrassingly wrong scientific 'facts' and citations. That kind of hallucination is somewhat acceptable for something marketed as a chatbot, less so for an assistant helping you with scientific knowledge and research.
- baobabKoodaa 1y agoI thought it was weird at the time how much hate Galactica got for its hallucinations compared to hallucinations of competing models. I get your point and it partially explains things. But it's not a fully satisfying explanation.
- fooker 1y agoI guess another aspect is - being too early is not too different from being wrong.