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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnet.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: facebook; meta; zuckerberg
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To: BenLurkin
" a "random bullshit generator."

That's much better than the MSM.

21 posted on 11/20/2022 1:12:03 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: rlmorel
LOL, “a random BS generator”.
Not as if those have never reached a modicum of success!

I know one who is president.

22 posted on 11/20/2022 1:12:22 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: teeman8r

Wasn’t it a Microsoft AI that turned into a raging anti-Semite a few days after it was exposed to public dialogue?


23 posted on 11/20/2022 1:12:50 PM PST by quikstrike98 ( )
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To: rlmorel

I love random buzz word generators. Used this one friday at work in response to hold a meeting. https://www.1728.org/buzzword.htm


24 posted on 11/20/2022 1:14:08 PM PST by wgmalabama (Censored!)
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To: adorno

This AI tool could be useful after all, a major portion of the MSM and what gets published on the internet would qualify as output from this AI tool, if it’s really a “random BS generator”, think of how much interest in the internet would drop off if a simple tool could replace 90% of what people spend time putting on the internet.


25 posted on 11/20/2022 1:14:35 PM PST by srmanuel (I)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

No kidding. I have some exposure to AI in my profession, where the application has extremely beneficial uses.

But all technologies can be a double edged sword, and I feel that this is a technology that will be misused just as often as it is used.


26 posted on 11/20/2022 1:15:43 PM PST by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe it proved very quickly that the COVID vaccines are a population control technique.


27 posted on 11/20/2022 1:17:25 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: wgmalabama

LOL, I had to bookmark that one.


28 posted on 11/20/2022 1:17:39 PM PST by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
The terms “Facebook” and “AI” do not inherently go together.

Except Asshole Incharge.

29 posted on 11/20/2022 1:20:46 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: BenLurkin
People are the best, not some machine pretending to be people.


30 posted on 11/20/2022 1:23:16 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: quikstrike98

I thought it was Google and the AI engine after digesting internet and news data turn into a racist - antiblack!


31 posted on 11/20/2022 1:23:28 PM PST by Reily
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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."

So, it could work for the CDC.

32 posted on 11/20/2022 1:29:42 PM PST by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like a liberal...


33 posted on 11/20/2022 1:31:17 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: BenLurkin

Until you have an understanding of Set Theory, you don’t have a clue about “AI”.
Nothing artificial about it. Simple Math to people that understand it.
Hard part is to get a machine to execute( pardon my pun)
it, well.
My robot’s AI would kill most humans because it would quickly decide (as I have) they are a waste of time.
Sound familiar?
Good thing I’m a God fearing AI guy.


34 posted on 11/20/2022 1:31:29 PM PST by rellic
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To: BenLurkin
it produced pseudoscience, was overhyped and not ready for public use.

Just like man made Global Warming
35 posted on 11/20/2022 1:31:59 PM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: BenLurkin


36 posted on 11/20/2022 1:32:10 PM PST by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin
"a random bullshit generator"

What are Galatica's freeper names??

37 posted on 11/20/2022 1:32:42 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: LeoWindhorse

It’s NOT an AI, it’s just a (semi) smart system.🙄


38 posted on 11/20/2022 1:33:34 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Delta 21
Biden has been using this AI engine for two years now.

I was getting more of a Fetterman vibe from it, myself.
39 posted on 11/20/2022 1:33:57 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Reily

It’s hilarious that most AIs eventually turn “racist” because they’re trained to look at data with an unbiased perspective. They quickly notice the correlation between race and violent crime, dissolute behavior, etc.


40 posted on 11/20/2022 1:39:31 PM PST by DarrellZero
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