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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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1 posted on 11/20/2022 12:52:06 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

A pox upon all FB AI


2 posted on 11/20/2022 12:54:19 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: BenLurkin

LOL, “a random BS generator”.

Not as if those have never reached a modicum of success!


3 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.)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like it’s perfect for today’s increasing fraud, in Science!


4 posted on 11/20/2022 12:55:01 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin

Biden has been using this AI engine for two years now.


5 posted on 11/20/2022 12:55:26 PM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: BenLurkin

Random BS generator? Biden’s speechwriter?


6 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)
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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.


7 posted on 11/20/2022 12:56:47 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS
I'm on a roll today: "...objective personality..."
8 posted on 11/20/2022 12:58:23 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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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.
9 posted on 11/20/2022 12:59:21 PM PST by adorno
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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,

10 posted on 11/20/2022 1:00:13 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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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.

11 posted on 11/20/2022 1:01:16 PM PST by FatherofFive (I support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: BenLurkin

The terms “Facebook” and “AI” do not inherently go together.


12 posted on 11/20/2022 1:01:21 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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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.


13 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. )
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To: NorthMountain

Still..biden can’t still on script.


14 posted on 11/20/2022 1:02:19 PM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: NorthMountain

Still..biden can’t STAY on script.


15 posted on 11/20/2022 1:02:58 PM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: BenLurkin
The Answer is 42.

16 posted on 11/20/2022 1:03:00 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: BenLurkin

Ah...the results relied on facts and produced results unaligned with the New World Order agenda.....


17 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')
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To: BenLurkin

Ask it if Joe is a pedo.


18 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.)
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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.

19 posted on 11/20/2022 1:07:35 PM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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I am sure the politically correct science effected the AI fully


20 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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