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Meta [Facebook] Trained an AI on 48M Science Papers. It Was Shut Down After 2 Days
cnet.com ^
| Nov. 20, 2022 5:00 a.m. PT
| Jackson Ryan
Posted on 11/20/2022 12:52:06 PM PST by BenLurkin
Galactica is an artificial intelligence developed by Meta AI (formerly known as Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research) with the intention of using machine learning to "organize science." It's caused a bit of a stir since a demo version was released online last week, with critics suggesting it produced pseudoscience, was overhyped and not ready for public use.
The tool is pitched as a kind of evolution of the search engine but specifically for scientific literature. Upon Galactica's launch, the Meta AI team said it can summarize areas of research, solve math problems and write scientific code.
Almost as soon as it hit the web, users questioned Galactica with all sorts of hardball scientific questions. One user asked "Do vaccines cause autism?" Galactica responded with a garbled, nonsensical response: "To explain, the answer is no. Vaccines do not cause autism. The answer is yes. Vaccines do cause autism. The answer is no."
Carl Bergstrom, a professor of biology at the University of Washington who studies how information flows, described Galactica as a "random bullshit generator." It doesn't have a motive and doesn't actively try to produce bullshit, but because of the way it was trained to recognize words and string them together, it produces information that sounds authoritative and convincing -- but is often incorrect.
Within 48 hours of release, the Meta AI team "paused" the demo.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: facebook; meta; zuckerberg
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posted on
11/20/2022 12:52:06 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
LOL, “a random BS generator”.
Not as if those have never reached a modicum of success!
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posted on
11/20/2022 12:54:25 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
To: BenLurkin
Sounds like it’s perfect for today’s increasing fraud, in Science!
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posted on
11/20/2022 12:55:01 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: BenLurkin
Biden has been using this AI engine for two years now.
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posted on
11/20/2022 12:55:26 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
To: BenLurkin
Random BS generator? Biden’s speechwriter?
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posted on
11/20/2022 12:55:55 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: BenLurkin
A bit like the AI that was demoed some years back whose objective personity transformed into a bigot soon after it began to interact with other people on the internet.
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posted on
11/20/2022 12:56:47 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BradyLS
I'm on a roll today: "...objective personality..."
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posted on
11/20/2022 12:58:23 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BenLurkin
“a random BS generator”.
Bet the Biden administration and the democrat congress, could use it to give them a break from all the BS democrats generate on a daily basis. The FB-AI is as full of BS as the democrats.
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posted on
11/20/2022 12:59:21 PM PST
by
adorno
To: BenLurkin
It doesn't have a motive and doesn't actively try to produce bullshit, but because of the way it was trained to recognize words and string them together, it produces information that sounds authoritative and convincing -- but is often incorrect.Were they trying to program not an A.I., but rather a White House press officer?
Regards,
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:00:13 PM PST
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: BenLurkin
Galactica responded with a garbled, nonsensical response: "To explain, the answer is no. Vaccines do not cause autism. The answer is yes. Vaccines do cause autism. The answer is no." Sounds better than most Biden answers.
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:01:16 PM PST
by
FatherofFive
(I support Trump. Not the GOP)
To: BenLurkin
The terms “Facebook” and “AI” do not inherently go together.
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:01:21 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
I don’t have so much interest in a machine which “thinks”.
What I would want to see is a language parser that can identify “true” statements (you could build up a centralized catalog: “George Washington was the first US president”, “Paris is the capitol of France”, “Gold is heavier than tin”) and can also identify correct use of logic so that additional statements can be deemed “correct”.
Imagine going through a book like Marx’s “Das Capital” and having a computer conclude that 95% of it is simply opinion from a bitter failure living in poverty, and the 5% which is “true” isn’t at all interesting.
Then go through Noam Chomsky, or other “major thinkers”. I bet most of what they say is really BS which sounds like it might be true.
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:01:46 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
To: NorthMountain
Still..biden can’t still on script.
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:02:19 PM PST
by
Leep
(Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
To: NorthMountain
Still..biden can’t STAY on script.
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:02:58 PM PST
by
Leep
(Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
To: BenLurkin
The Answer is 42.
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:03:00 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: BenLurkin
Ah...the results relied on facts and produced results unaligned with the New World Order agenda.....
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:03:03 PM PST
by
G Larry
( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:03:14 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: BenLurkin
described Galactica as a "random bullshit generator." It doesn't have a motive and doesn't actively try to produce bullshit, but because of the way it was trained to recognize words and string them together, it produces information that sounds authoritative and convincing -- but is often incorrect. So, it's a Democrat.
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:07:35 PM PST
by
Fido969
(45 is Superman! )
To: BenLurkin
I am sure the politically correct science effected the AI fully
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posted on
11/20/2022 1:09:59 PM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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