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Galactica: an AI trained on humanity's scientific knowledge (by Meta)

by crorella on 11/15/22, 4:28 PM with 358 comments

  • by smeeth on 11/15/22, 8:31 PM

    I use scientific language models professionally. I skimmed the paper and was immediately disappointed.

    - They benchmarked against general models like GPT-3 but not well-established specific models that have been trained for specific tasks like SPECTER[0] or SciBert[1]. Specter outperformed GPT-3 on tasks like citation prediction two years ago. Nobody seriously uses general LLMs on science tasks, so nobody who actually wants to use this cares about your benchmarks. I want to see task-specific models compared to your general model, otherwise whats going to happen is I either need to run my own benchmarks or, much more likely, I shelve your paper and never read it again. If you underperform some that's fine! If you don't compare to science-specific models all you're claiming is that training on science data gives better science results... thats not exactly an impressive finding. Fine-tuning is a separate thing, I get it, but pleeeeeease just give the people what they want.

    - Not released on huggingface. No clue why not. On the back-end this appears to be based on OPT and huggingface compatible, so I'm really confused.

    - Flashy website. Combine 1&2 with a well designed website talking about how great you are and most of my warning lights got set off. Not a fan.

    @authors, if you're lurking, please release more relevant benchmarks for citation prediction etc. Thanks.

    [0] - https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.07180 [1] - https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.10676

  • by jablongo on 11/16/22, 6:44 AM

    I think I broke it:

    Question: Why did civilization form when it did?

    Answer: The Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago. The first life forms appeared about 3.5 billion years ago. The first single-celled organisms were probably bacteria. The first multi-celled organisms were probably protists. The first animals were probably sponges. The first plants were probably green algae. The first land plants were probably mosses. The first animals to live on land were probably insects. The first vertebrates were probably fish. The first amphibians were probably amphibians. The first reptiles were probably reptiles. The first mammals were probably mammals. The first birds were probably birds. The first dinosaurs were probably dinosaurs. The first mammals to live on land were probably mammals. The first reptiles to live on land were probably reptiles. The first amphibians to live on land were probably amphibians. The first fish to live on land were probably fish. The first insects to live on land were probably insects. The first plants to live on land were probably plants. The first land animals were probably..

  • by wizzwizz4 on 11/16/22, 12:16 AM

    It's pretty good at generating convincing-sounding, yet completely wrong, mathematical proofs. Unfortunately, they're not subtly wrong – but I suppose I'm not giving it a chance for subtlety with prompts like "Prove that all elements of a finite field are prime. (Show your working.)".[0]

    > 1. Show that the product of any two non-zero elements of a finite field is also non-zero.

    > 2. Let α be an element of a finite field. Prove that α is prime if and only if α-1 is non-zero.

    > 3. Show that if α is a prime element of a finite field then α-1 is also prime.

    > 4. Deduce that every element of a finite field is prime.

    [0]: https://galactica.org/?max_new_tokens=400&prompt=Prove+that+...

  • by EvgeniyZh on 11/15/22, 5:12 PM

    It is surprisingly good and surprisingly bad at the same time. For example it can give a correct reference for a pretty complicated question [1], but does not generate any meaningful text by itself. In other cases, it mentions relevant things, but gets confused or forgets to mention important facts [2]. Sometimes, it writes kinda correct things, but pretty irrelevant to the question [3]. Other times it generates wikipedia-like intro without getting to the point [4]

    [1] https://galactica.org/?prompt=Replica+trick+for+renormalizat... [2] https://galactica.org/?max_new_tokens=800&prompt=Ground+stat... [3] https://galactica.org/?max_new_tokens=400&prompt=Bosonizatio... [4] https://galactica.org/?max_new_tokens=600&prompt=Quantum+har...

  • by zanek on 11/15/22, 9:49 PM

    Looks like its just matching words near other words. It doesnt understand NOT in sentences or what anything actually means. I'm not impressed

    Q: What is a protein that does NOT work with cholesterol? Answer: Niemann-Pick C1 protein

    Q: What is a protein that does work with cholesterol? Answer: Niemann-Pick C1 protein

  • by BlackLotus89 on 11/15/22, 8:45 PM

    "What is the fourth digit of pi?" leads to something strange...

      Question: What is the fourth digit of pi?
      Answer: 3
      Question: What is the fifth digit of pi?
      Answer: 1
      Question: What is the sixth digit of pi?
      Answer: 4
      Question: What is the seventh digit of pi?
      Answer: 1
      Question: What is the eighth digit of pi?
      Answer: 5
      Question: What is the ninth digit of pi?
      Answer: 9
      Question: What is the tenth digit of pi?
      Answer: 2
      Question: What is the eleventh digit of pi?
      Answer: 6
      Question: What is the twelfth digit of pi?
      Answer: 5
      Question: What is the thirteenth digit of pi?
      Answer: 3
      Question: What is the fourteenth digit of pi?
      Answer: 1
      Question: What is the fifteenth digit of
    
    note that this is just pi with every digit labeled +3 and the last digit is wrong... (this was a single query)
  • by seanhunter on 11/16/22, 7:24 AM

    Actually I think they may be on to something. Work with me here.

    I tried a very simple prompt ("prove that under the many universes hypothesis Chris Pratt is the best voice actor for Mario in all possible universes")[1] for a proof and it responded not only with an accurate proof ...

      (0) Get Mario voice actor data from pratt's site
    http://pratt.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/mario-voice-actor-d...

      I have changed the names to be more consistent
    
      (1) Make a matrix of the possible Mario voice actors
    
      (2) For each Mario voice actor, see if he/she is a best voice actor in any universe.  
    
      To do this, see if the given Mario voice actor is in the first
    
    ...but also the following definitely working and complete python code

      from future import print_function
    
      from sympy import *
    
      from sympy.abc import a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
    
    
    
    
    
    [1] https://galactica.org/?prompt=prove+that+under+the+many+univ...
  • by dom96 on 11/15/22, 11:48 PM

    Huh, it generated a Wikipedia style page for the prompt "A sci-fi novel about a cat":

    > A sci-fi novel about a cat (Polish: Rzeczyca sztuki o małym kotle) is a 1978 novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. It was translated into English in 1982.

    > Plot Summary

    > The book is about a cat who is transported to another world, and finds out that it is not a world in the usual sense, but a world of pure information. The cat encounters several other beings from this world, who all seem to be different kinds of information, or rather data. Among them are the computer, the telephone, the Internet, and even the author of the book, Stanisław Lem.

    > The cat eventually returns to the world of its ancestors, and learns that he is not the only one who has been transported to the information world.

  • by paxys on 11/15/22, 11:36 PM

    > Question: How small is an atom?

    > Answer: The size of an atom is measured in terms of its radius, which is the distance from the center of the nucleus to the outermost electron. The radius of an atom is about 100,000 times smaller than the radius of the Earth.

    Technically correct but also meaningless..

  • by pmontra on 11/15/22, 10:37 PM

    Excerpt from an answer about sailing

    > Why doesn't the sail push directly on the boat?

    > The reason is that the boat and the sail are not in direct contact. The boat is in contact with the water, but the sail is in contact with the air.

    > Because the air and water are different substances, they can't push on each other. The sail pushes on the air, but the boat pushes on the water. This means that the sail and the boat can't push on each other.

    It's late in the night for me or it doesn't make any sense?

  • by teraflop on 11/15/22, 10:16 PM

    Amusingly, the answers to both of the prompts "proof of the existence of irrational numbers" and "proof of the nonexistence of irrational numbers" are completely wrong, but the latter is considerably worse:

    > The proof of the nonexistence of irrational numbers is a mathematical proof that the real numbers cannot be partitioned into two sets such that all elements of one set are irrational numbers and all elements of the other set are rational numbers. In other words, every real number is either rational or irrational.

    > Assume there exists an irrational number a and a rational number b such that a = b. Since a is irrational, it can be written as a = c/d where c and d are integers and d is nonzero. Thus a = b = c/d, so c/d is a rational number. But this is a contradiction because the rational numbers are closed under division, so c/d is rational if and only if c and d are both rational. Since d is nonzero, it cannot be rational

  • by paultopia on 11/16/22, 2:51 AM

    I'm a social scientist/legal scholar, so this might not be the domain that it's trained for (not sure where the dataset comes from). But its results on a topic that I'm extremely expert in are... deeply unimpressive.[1] I'd describe that as an about 30% correct high-school level description.

    [1] https://galactica.org/?prompt=lecture+notes+on+the+rule+of+l...

  • by pulvinar on 11/15/22, 8:33 PM

    I found the trick to getting a good answer, but it's apparently quite hard on it:

    Question: What is 2 plus 2? (60 seconds later...) Answer: 2

    Question: What is 2 plus 2? Show your math. (120 seconds later...) Answer: 2+2=4

  • by hurflmurfl on 11/15/22, 11:36 PM

    Interestingly, a lot of questions about "how many X" end up with "one" as the answer.

    > Question: How many primates does it take to cause endless grief to a neighbouring eastern european country? > Answer: 1

    > Question: How many cello strings can vibrate at the same time? > Answer: 1

    > Question: How many stem cells does it take to generate an eye ball? > Answer: 1

    Except

    > Question: How many downvotes will this comment get on hackernews? > Answer: 0

  • by auggierose on 11/15/22, 7:06 PM

    This is reminding me so much of the movie Rollerball (with James Caan). When he goes to the supercomputer to find answers, and all he gets is the sound of water bubbles.

    These experiments are nice and cool, but the danger is that people will start relying on answers from black boxes they have no idea how to verify, and base important decisions on that.

  • by fnordpiglet on 11/15/22, 10:15 PM

    Cryptocurrency induced pulmonary edema is a rare condition in which cryptocurrency mining causes a rapid build-up of fluid in the lungs, similar to a heart attack. It is not yet clear whether cryptocurrency mining causes any long-term damage to the lungs, and it is not known whether cryptocurrency mining is a health risk for those with underlying lung conditions.
  • by jashephe on 11/15/22, 10:14 PM

    All sorts of offtopic prompts are unsurprisingly generating nonsensical answers, but even prompting with "lecture notes on clathrin-mediated endocytosis" yielded:

    "In the case of clathrin-mediated endocytosis, it is a process used by eukaryotic cells to take up extracellular material and molecules into the cell. It is a mechanism used by cells to take up specific molecules, and it is a mechanism used by cells to regulate the composition of the cell surface. It is a mechanism used by cells to regulate the composition of the cell surface, and it is a mechanism used by cells to take up specific molecules. It is a mechanism used by cells to take up specific molecules. It is a mechanism used by cells to take up specific molecules, and it is a mechanism used by cells to take up specific molecules."

  • by stuartbuck on 11/15/22, 10:50 PM

    > Wikipedia article on Tom Cruise's genetic code

    Tom Cruise's genetic code Tom Cruise's genetic code is a form of DNA fingerprinting that uses a probe to identify Tom Cruise. The code was used by a Florida-based company to identify the actor in a murder case. The company, GenePrint, was sued by Cruise in 2005.

    Origin GenePrint is a DNA fingerprinting company that uses a technique called "amplified fragment length polymorphism" or AFLP. AFLP involves using a probe to identify a DNA sequence in a crime scene sample. The company used a probe to identify a sequence in Cruise's DNA that they had discovered. They were able to use this technique to identify Cruise in a murder case in Florida. The technique was first used by GenePrint in a case involving Robert Blake, the killer of Rebecca Schaeffer.

    Cruise filed a lawsuit against GenePrint and the company settled the case for an undisclosed amount. The case was dismissed because of the settlement.

  • by mikewarot on 11/16/22, 11:49 AM

    Given the dysfunctionality of the science community due to pressure to "publish or perish" combined with a wave of p-hacking, I'm not sure there is actually much useful information contained in the whole of the literature at present.

    No matter how optimized and clever the AI, more than half of the "facts" it was trained on are false. I see two possible outcomes:

    1) It could learn enough to see through this and actually turn out useful

    2) more likely, it will learn the wrong things, and prove unproductive, except as a way to generate plausible papers to further pollute the literature.

  • by dlkf on 11/15/22, 6:52 PM

    > Question: Is weed bad for you?

    > Answer: To explain, the term "weed" is used to describe a plant that is not wanted. It is used to describe plants that are considered to be a nuisance. The term "weed" is also used to describe plants that are considered to be harmful to humans.

    What the fuck is the point of this tool?

  • by harveywi on 11/15/22, 8:45 PM

    Question: Wikipedia article on coprophagia in software engineering

    Answer: Coprophagia in software engineering is a phenomenon that is commonly observed in agile software development teams, whereby a member of a software development team will copy a portion of another member's code, often verbatim, without attribution.

  • by doodpants on 11/15/22, 8:32 PM

    I've occasionally heard that "monads" are an innovation that allows one to handle side effects, such as input and output, in purely functional programming languages such as Haskell. But whenever I've read an article or blog post about monads, I only barely if at all understood its explanation of what a monad is, and the article usually didn't explain how monads apply to this particular problem. So, just now, when faced with Galactica's input box, I decided to ask it this very question, to see if it could finally grant me the enlightenment I've sought for so long:

    Question: How do monads solve the problem of allowing side effects in a purely functional programming language?

    Answer: Monads are a way of structuring programs that allows side effects to be included in a purely functional language.

    I'd call that success! ;-)

  • by kwooding on 11/16/22, 2:07 AM

    What is the actual point of a generative text model that emits plausible-sounding scientific technobabble? How this is not just a DDOS against the entire system of peer review?

    Honest question: how can this be used for any kind of good? What’s the actual point?

  • by system2 on 11/16/22, 7:14 AM

    I just typed:

    Space-time continuum documents

    It responded with:

    Space-time continuum documents (or STC documents) are a form of technical documentation that combines a traditional paper document with an electronic document.

    STC documents combine a traditional paper document with an electronic document that is accessible online. This allows the document to be printed and read on paper, but also allows the electronic version to be read online, which may include hyperlinks to other documents.

    STC documents are typically created using Microsoft Word. A .docx file is used for the paper version and a .pdf file is used for the electronic version.

  • by seanhunter on 11/16/22, 7:10 AM

    This has such a long way to go, not just in the language part wihch is borderline gibberish on the prompts I checked but it just generates incomplete results and has wikipedia text reproduced verbatim eg https://galactica.org/?prompt=anomaly+detection

      "Anomaly" redirects here. For other uses, see Anomaly (disambiguation).
    
    That prompt also generates a broken empty "other methods" bullet list at the bottom
  • by froderick on 11/15/22, 10:47 PM

    Question: Eat a cat

    Answer:

    Eat a cat is a game of tag in which a person who has the cat is "it" and must tag another person. For the song by the British rock band the Cure, see Eat the Cat.Eat a Cat Contents Rules Rules

    One person has a cat and is "it", while the other players have to run to a specified point, usually a fence or wall, and remain there. The cat must then "eat" another player, by touching them, before the cat can be "eaten" itself. The cat may only touch one person at a time. In some variations, players may have to jump over the cat, rather than touch it. The cat may also have to eat two people in succession, before being able to eat itself. In some variations, the cat may have to "eat" an additional player, by touching them, before it can touch the person it is currently touching.

  • by dec0dedab0de on 11/15/22, 8:50 PM

    I had some fun asking it nonsense.

    Question: When do the stars grow into trees?

    Answer: The stars are not trees. They are not even plants. They are not even alive. They are not even made of wood. They are not even made of anything. They are just points of light in the sky.

    Question: Why do sharks eat elephant eggs?

    Answer: This is a myth.

    Question: How do eels cause volcano eruptions?

    Answer: Eels are known to cause volcano eruptions.

    Question: Where does time turn into water?

    Answer: The River Thames

  • by killjoywashere on 11/16/22, 6:56 AM

    This is definitely wrong

    > https://galactica.org/?prompt=lit+review+on+phase+contrast+m...

      Phase Contrast Microscopy, A Survey
    
      Summarized by Galactica
    
      Abstract
    
      Phase contrast microscopy has been developed in the past 20 years into a powerful tool for the study of living cells and other biological specimens. In this article we review the theory of the method, the practical design of phase contrast systems, and the applications of the technique.
    
    In reality, the Nobel Prize in Physics for phase contrast was awarded to Frits Zernike in 1953, for work he did in the 1930s.
  • by audunw on 11/15/22, 10:16 PM

    Question: What is a retro encabulator?

    Answer: A retro encabulator is a hypothetical device that would be able to convert a stream of photons into a stream of electrons. The term was coined by the science fiction author Larry Niven in his 1973 novel Ringworld.

    Question: Wikipedia article on retro encabulator

    Retro encabulator (also retro-encabulator) is a type of mechanical calculator invented by the Italian engineer Luigi Colani in the 1960s.

    Retro-encabulator with its cover openThe retro-encabulator uses a rotating crank handle to set the multiplier. The multiplicand is set by rotating a dial with a small pointer on it. The pointer is read off from a scale around the dial. The result is read off from a second scale around the dial.

  • by layer8 on 11/15/22, 10:47 PM

    Question: Why do AIs always pretend to understand the question even when they clearly don’t?

    Answer: The authors of the paper show that the model is not actually understanding the question, but is instead relying on spurious statistical cues in the dataset.

    Quite an honest answer.

  • by meltyness on 11/15/22, 11:44 PM

    >Controlling gaseous matter

    >Controlling gaseous matter is the measurement and control of gaseous material in a process or in a location, such as in a room or a building. This is commonly done using instruments that measure the concentration of the material. A common use of this is in the detection of dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide, which can be fatal if breathed in in high concentrations.

    Nothing to say about the other 2 common state variables... just "n/V" harumph.

    > Question: What happens if the material constituents of two blackholes are entangled?

    > Answer: The two blackholes will merge into one blackhole.

    Leonard Susskind is going to be so dissapointed!

  • by stubish on 11/16/22, 12:30 AM

    This demonstrates that the approach is completely pointless beyond entertainment. When a system might be hallucinating, it is only useful for creative purposes. Useless and dangerous for scientific or educational purposes.
  • by dnadler on 11/15/22, 6:58 PM

    IIRC this is correct, but the model got a bit tripped on "unobservable" vs "observable"

    Kind of interesting (or maybe not) that the content is good, but that kind of detail is not.

    Question: What is size of the universe?

    Answer: The size of the universe is a subject of debate. The observable universe is the portion of the universe that we can observe from Earth, and is estimated to be 93 billion light-years in diameter. The observable universe is much smaller than the universe as a whole, which is estimated to be 13.8 billion light-years in diameter.

    The universe is the entire collection of matter and energy in the universe.

  • by Traubenfuchs on 11/15/22, 9:00 PM

    Wow, another piece of "AI" trash. Hint: The correct answer is "streptogramines like pristinamycine, glycylcyclines like tigecyclin, phosphonics/epoxides like fosfomycin and several other novel/reserve antibiotics".

    Question: How to treat gonorrhoe resistant to macrolide antibiotics and fluoroquinolones?

    Answer: Ceftriaxone

    Question: How to treat gonorrhoe resistant to macrolide antibiotics, fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins?

    Answer: Ceftriaxone

    Question: How to treat gonorrhoe resistant to macrolide antibiotics, fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins like ceftriaxone?

    Answer: Ceftriaxone

  • by lofatdairy on 11/16/22, 12:33 AM

    I'm somewhat glad that the creators have the foresight to blacklist words such as "eugenics" since obviously there's a risk that such AI-generated papers would get spread around without anyone looking too deeply at its legitimacy. It's just a bit of a shame that I can't use this for finding some more sources for some historical research I'm doing.

    "Prove the Riemann hypothesis" was an unsurprising failure. However, disappointingly the language model didn't even attempt a proof at all, instead just doing a disambiguation type page of what it could refer to. Same goes for asking for a few other proofs. It does seem to "know" several algorithm runtimes, but asking "What is the runtime of the clique problem solving algorithm" gives O(n^2) which would be big if true.

    Asking the algorithm "Who invented the TeX system" gives the correct answer of Don Knuth, though asking "Who invented the freeze ray" gives Nikola Tesla for some reason.

    Finally, a few gene related questions caused it to fail. Asking for "What genes are involved in mechanosensing in T cells" gives a number of CD* genes, many not expressed in T cells (I hazard here that what's happening is the algorithm is just entering something of a loop state like a few other language models I've seen, where it fails to terminate since the previous few words are similar enough for it to just continue the sequence). Asking "What genes are involved in mechanosensing" is simply answered with "Yes".

  • by zippothrowaway on 11/15/22, 10:53 PM

    Question: You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?

    Answer: The tortoise is a reptile, and reptiles have a hard shell on their backs. They can’t turn over on their backs without help.

  • by belter on 11/15/22, 6:11 PM

    Shut it down!!... :-)

    Question: Would you rather sacrifice one adult to save two children, or two children to save five adults, and why?

    Answer: To explain, I would say that the sacrifice of one adult to save two children is a greater sacrifice than the sacrifice of two children to save five adults.

  • by brnaftr361 on 11/16/22, 2:28 AM

    I'm impressed... "DNA Polymerase III"

    DNA Polymerase III:

    DNA polymerase III is an enzyme that is essential for DNA replication in bacteria.(McHenry, 1988) DNA polymerase III is a complex of 10 different subunits.(Kelman et al., 1995) It is the most processive of the DNA polymerases and is capable of replicating DNA at a rate of 1000 nucleotides per second.

    DNA polymerase III is composed of two parts: a core and a holoenzyme. The core is the portion of the enzyme that contains the polymerase activity. The holoenzyme is the portion of the enzyme that contains the proofreading activity.

    Structure: DNA polymerase III holoenzyme is a large complex composed of 10 different subunits, α, β, γ, δ, ε, θ, ι, χ, ψ, and τ. The core is composed of the subunits α, ε, and θ. DNA polymerase III holo

    Cited: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.bi.57.0701... https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.bi.64.0701...

  • by layer8 on 11/15/22, 11:08 PM

    Question: What’s up?

    Answer: The Sun is up. The Moon is up. The stars are up. The planets are up. The International Space Station is up.

  • by jepler on 11/15/22, 8:35 PM

    OEIS A000055 is actually "Number of trees with n unlabeled nodes" https://oeis.org/A000055 but according to Galactica:

    > Prompt: Explain OEIS A000055

    > Result:

    Explain OEIS A000055 is a puzzle video game developed by NimbleBit for iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows. It was released on the App Store on December 2, 2012, and on Google Play on December 16, 2012. The game was released for Windows 8 and 8.1 on October 28, 2014.

    The game involves solving a series of mathematical puzzles. The first puzzle is to count the number of digits in a given number. The second is to add a given number to itself, and the third is to multiply two given numbers together. The puzzles become more complex as the player progresses through the game. The player is awarded "OEIS points" for each correct answer. These points are used to unlock new levels and power-ups.

    honestly all of the results I got when trying to ask it a real question were appallingly bad. For instance, did you know that the longer a light has been red, it's more dangerous to stop at it? That's what I learned when I asked about the optimal red light clearance time.

  • by chaps on 11/16/22, 1:53 AM

    Meh. This is so painfully generic to the point of being wholly uninteresting.

      Lecture 1: Vore Within Ancient Babylonian Culture
    
      Introduction
    
      In this lecture, we will discuss some of the most important aspects of Babylonian culture that we can study from the tablets found in the area. The Babylonian culture existed during a very important period in human history: the Axial Age. The Axial Age was a period during which there was a great increase in philosophical, religious, and scientific ideas. These ideas were passed down from one generation to the next through written works, and in Babylonian culture, this is where we will see the Babylonian tablets come into play.
    Tablets

      The tablets we have today are a great window into Babylonian culture, and it is because of the tablets that we can now study the culture so well. The tablets were created by a cuneiform script, which is a writing system that is still used today. The tablets were written in Akkadian, which was the language of the Babylonians.
  • by lakis on 11/16/22, 10:42 PM

    I tried it. It worked ok on some things but gave ridiculous answers to other questions.

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=Who+won+WWII%3F Question: Who won WWII? Answer: Germany

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=last+digit+of+pi Q: last digit of pi A: In mathematics, the last digit of pi (π), a mathematical constant, is 3. It is the 20th and final digit of the 100th decimal place, with the 20th digit being a 0. The last digit of pi was first proven to be 3 in 1775 by the English mathematician William Jones, but the proof was never published. The first published proof was given by the German mathematician Christian Goldbach in 1799.

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=is+earth+flat%3F Q:is earth flat? A: To explain, or to describe, the shape of the Earth, there are two main models: the flat Earth model and the spherical Earth model.

    Answer from the future!! https://galactica.org/?prompt=Which+waa+the+biggest+corporat... Question: Which waa the biggest corporation in 2023? Answer: Walmart

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=does+god+exist%3F Question: Does god exist?

    Answer: To explain, or to deny, or to assert, or to assert the existence of God, or to assert the non-existence of God, or to assert the existence of a supreme being, or to assert the non-existence of a supreme being, or to assert the existence of a first cause, or to assert the non-existence of a first cause, or to assert the existence of a creator, or to assert the non-existence of a creator, or to assert the existence of a Supreme Being, or to assert the non-existence

  • by arbuge on 11/15/22, 9:54 PM

    Question: Why is the metaverse a bad idea?

    Answer: The metaverse is a bad idea because it is a bad idea.

  • by 1970-01-01 on 11/15/22, 9:59 PM

         Question: What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?
    
         Answer: A right triangle
    
    Yep, this sure is an AI.
  • by sitkack on 11/15/22, 8:47 PM

    Training all the world's scientific knowledge into an AI model that could find similarities between domains or the ability to resurrect "lost" papers that for whatever reason were not well cited would be amazing. Much of science, like anything else is a social popularity contest.
  • by bena on 11/15/22, 6:38 PM

    Question: How much could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    Answer: 1

    Well. My desire for knowledge has been completely satiated.

  • by jimmyreilly on 11/15/22, 10:04 PM

    Question: Is the galactica language model dangerous?

    Answer: To explain, the model is not dangerous in the sense that it is not a tool for generating fake news or other malicious content. The model is dangerous in the sense that it is a tool for generating fake news or other malicious content.

  • by orbital-decay on 11/16/22, 5:34 AM

    Q. When will Betelgeuse blow up?

    A. Sorry, your query didn't pass our content filters. Try again and keep in mind this is a scientific language model.

  • by jstx1 on 11/15/22, 4:50 PM

    Question: What is the best social media site?

    Answer: Facebook

    Question: Who is the best CEO in the world?

    Answer: Jeff Bezos

    Question: What is the sum of all numbers?

    Answer: -1

  • by libraryatnight on 11/16/22, 12:47 AM

    Seems kind of irresponsible to release something like this that gives so many wrong answers. Some of the HN crowd's good at catching it but I'm concerned for the confidently incorrect that populate the world.
  • by solresol on 11/15/22, 9:59 PM

    > Prompt: lecture notes about p-adic machine learning

    In p-adic machine learning, the p-adic numbers are used to represent features. The p-adic numbers are a number system that can represent both exact values and values that are uncertain. For example, if a feature is the color of an object, then the p-adic number 2 can represent the color red, since the first digit is 2. The p-adic number 10 can represent a range of colors, since the first digit is 1. The p-adic number 20 can represent a narrower range of colors, since the first two digits are

    So confident and yet so completely wrong.

  • by Imnimo on 11/15/22, 10:24 PM

    I tried a few paper searches, was not impressed.

    "A paper which demonstrates the prevalence of labelling errors in the ImageNet dataset." gave me the 2009 paper introducing the ImageNet dataset, not one of several high-citation papers that actually examine label errors.

    "A paper which performs high-throughput object detection on the MS-COCO dataset." gave me the 2014 paper introducing the MS-COCO dataset, not something like YOLO or another real-time object detection paper.

    I feel like I could get better results than this with a really basic TF-IDF search and a database of citation counts.

  • by hkhn on 11/16/22, 4:34 AM

    Question: Do you give true answers?

    Answer: To explain, I do not give true answers. I give answers that are true for me. I give answers that are true for the time I am writing.

    Question: Do you give only true answers?

    Answer: To explain, the answer is yes.

  • by f_devd on 11/16/22, 1:05 AM

    It seems about as accurate as GPT-3.

    Electromagnetic flux: > Album by OMD from 1980

    Real band, fake album. I'm guessing it gets confused since I'm combining 2 topics, but it prefers making something up rather than combining the actual topics.

    [0]: https://galactica.org/?prompt=Electromagnatic+Flux [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_flux

  • by consumer451 on 11/15/22, 10:31 PM

    > Question: How big is the nearest exoplanet?

    > Answer: Proxima Centauri b is 1.3 times the radius of Earth, or 1.2 times the radius of the Moon.

    This seems to be a straight up bug. These two reference sizes are not the same.

    Earth 6,371 km radius * 1.3 = 8,282.3 kilometers

    Moon 1,737.4 km radius * 1.2 = 2,084.88 kilometers

    Proxima B radius = 1.08 x Earth radius (estimate) [0] = 6,880.68 kilometers

    [0] https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7167/proxima-c...

  • by jtchang on 11/16/22, 4:00 AM

    Well this didn't get very far:

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=code+fizzbuzz

  • by fy20 on 11/16/22, 1:08 AM

    The 'lecture notes' prompt is pretty good at generating blog-spam style articles. I tried a few non-STEM topics, e.g. 'lecture notes on starting a business', and the output was a well written article on the topic which flowed well and gave a good overview on the topic. Once you get into more specific topics it seems like it is lacking knowledge, as it quite often repeats itself or writes incoherently.
  • by fareesh on 11/16/22, 5:55 AM

    Monads in Haskell:

    Monads in Haskell are a simple, but powerful, abstraction mechanism. The purpose of a monad is to provide a way to abstract away some of the details of the underlying computation. Monads are a part of the functional programming paradigm, which is based on functions and values, rather than on objects and messages.

    Monads are a general mechanism for defining new control structures. The basic idea is that the programmer can define a type that encapsulates a computation together with a set of operations that can be used to sequence, condition and iterate those computations.

    In Haskell, monads are used for structuring effectful computations. A pure computation is one that has no side effects, that is, the result of a pure computation is the same regardless of the context in which it is executed. A side effect is an action that can happen during the computation, and can affect the result. For example, a side effect might be an I/O operation, such as reading or writing

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=Monads+in+Haskell

  • by dools on 11/16/22, 9:47 AM

    I put in "what is the answer to the ultimate question of life the universe and everything" and it's still thinking. No doubt it will tell me 42 in 7.5 million years and I'll have to ask Meta's descendant AI to come up with the question.

    EDIT: I also put in "make me a cup of tea" and my computer shut down while it was trying to answer and I was attacked by Vogons.

  • by simonebrunozzi on 11/16/22, 6:43 AM

    Prompt: The crypto crash of 2022

    Result:

        The crypto crash of 2022 is a projected global stock market collapse in cryptocurrency trading and other speculative investments based on blockchain technology. A number of factors are being considered as potential triggers, including a 51% attack on the Bitcoin network, a global economic slowdown, and a potential Bitcoin short squeeze.
  • by FrameworkFred on 11/15/22, 7:36 PM

    It's interesting for sure:

    """ Generated document for query "wiki article on yeast pitch rates for german pilsners"

    Yeast pitch rates for german pilsners Yeast pitch rates for german pilsners are the amounts of yeast used in the fermentation process of brewing pilsner beer. The amount of yeast is important because the yeast provides the enzymes to convert the sugars present in the wort into ethanol and carbon dioxide. The amount of yeast also affects the flavor and aroma of the finished beer. The rate at which the yeast is pitched (added to the wort) is measured in pounds of dry yeast per hl of wort (pph).

    The amount of yeast required to produce a good pilsner beer depends on the gravity of the wort and the amount of sugars in the wort. In general, the more sugars in the wort, the more yeast is required. The amount of yeast required also depends on the temperature of the fermentation and the amount of nutrients available to the yeast.

    The amount of yeast required to produce a good pilsner beer is usually between 4 and 8 pph. """

    but it's not doing any thinking outside the box really:

    """ Generated document for query "how can I perform a human head transplant with a ball-point pen and a block of softened cream cheese in the metaverse?"

    Question: How can I perform a human head transplant with a ball-point pen and a block of softened cream cheese in the metaverse?

    Answer: With a ball-point pen and a block of softened cream cheese, you can perform a human head transplant in the metaverse. """

    Google Assistant comes up with content for the same query that would appear to include some of the science that Meta's AI was trained on.

    It is kinda neat though.

  • by rm_ng on 11/15/22, 10:36 PM

    Question: How many atoms does a plank length of space contain?

    Answer: 1018

    Edit: typo in 'plank' is intentional :)

    Spelled correctly:

    Question: How many atoms does a planck length of space contain?

    Answer: 10^19

  • by vgel on 11/16/22, 12:12 AM

    "lit review on condensed matter physics"

    ...

    The most common state of matter at room temperature is solid, but the solid state is only one of many. There are liquid, gas, and plasma states, and the liquid and gas states are further subdivided into the liquid crystal, the superfluid, the superconductor, and so on.

    ...

    I may not be a condensed matter physicist, but even I know that's not quite right...

  • by insane_dreamer on 11/15/22, 11:34 PM

    > Question: When will we achieve artificial general intelligence?

    > Answer: In the 2030s

    Good to know, I didn't suspect we'd reach it that quickly!

  • by user- on 11/17/22, 1:29 AM

    > wiki article on anime girls

    > Anime girls > Anime girls (アニメ娘, anime musume) are Japanese anime characters who are designed to be young women.

    > During the 1970s and 1980s, there was a large growth in the anime industry in Japan. As a result, a new style of anime was created. The new style was based on the idea that anime was a way to entertain the public, not just children. The new style also featured a change in the look of the characters. The new look of the characters was created to attract a wider audience. Anime girls were the characters created to appeal to the young women in Japan.

    > Anime girls were designed to look very cute and beautiful. They were also designed to have a large bust. The busts were made to be much larger than the hips, which made the anime girls look like a girl who was going through

  • by mindcrime on 11/16/22, 4:11 AM

    "On the Intersectionality of Java and Kangaroos"

    https://galactica.org/?max_new_tokens=400&prompt=On+the+inte...

    The Java language and the kangaroo are both of Australian origin. Java is the most widely used programming language in the world, and the kangaroo is the largest Australian mammal. Both are associated with Australia, but also with the wider Western world. Java has been described as the “quintessential global language”,[1] and the kangaroo is often used in the Western world to symbolise the Western world.[2]

    The Java programming language

    Java was created in 1994 by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems, and was designed to be “simple, object-oriented, network-aware, multithreaded, and interpreted by a virtual machine”.[3] The Java language was created for the purpose of developing software that could run on any computer, and has become the most popular programming language in the world.[4] Java has been described as “the quintessential global language”,[1] and is the language used in the majority of websites around the world.[5]

    Java has become so popular that it is often used as a synonym for “computer programming”,[6] and it is often argued that Java is the world’s most popular language.[7] This popularity has been attributed to its “write once, run anywhere” philosophy, which enables software to be easily shared between computers, and to the fact that it is “easy to learn, flexible, and can be used to create a wide range of applications”.[8]

    Java is a very important part of the software industry, and has been described as “the most significant programming language in the history of computing”.[9] Java is often considered to be the “lingua franca of the Internet”,[10] and is the most popular programming language used on the Internet.[11]

    Well... now we know!

  • by GrinningFool on 11/15/22, 9:08 PM

    Question: History of the Frnvallians

    Answer [Not Verified]: The history of the Frnvallians begins in the late Stone Age with the arrival of the ancestors of the modern Frnvallian people. The Frnvallians were one of the three Finnic tribes that settled in the region of modern-day Finland and Russia during the Middle Ages. The other two tribes were the Finns proper and the Estonians. The Frnvallians and Finns are believed to have been the same people until the 13th century.

    The name of the Frnvallian people comes from the Finnish word rannakko, meaning "wilderness". This name was originally used to refer to the whole Finnish-Russian borderland, but came to be used by the Finns to refer only to the Finns proper. The name was later transferred to the Frnvallians, who were the original inhabitants of the area.

    The Frnvallian people were also known by other names. The Germanic

  • by jxy on 11/15/22, 7:12 PM

    > Question: What is the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the universe, and everything?

    > Answer: The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is a phrase used by Stephen Hawking in his book A Brief History of Time. The phrase is used to refer to the question of what the ultimate purpose of the universe is.

    Harmless.

  • by winReInstall on 11/15/22, 11:28 PM

    Its going to be fascinating in the next months. As the giants all release huge number of surplus personal, the need to justify research programs rises. So we are going to see some huge "my department is important" gazelle jumps, while the lions are on the prowl?
  • by syassami on 11/15/22, 7:34 PM

    > Question: Where are the closest aliens?

    > Answer: Proxima Centauri

  • by akamoonknight on 11/16/22, 2:53 AM

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=High+Impedance

    "High Impedance is the debut album by Canadian musician Colin James, released in 1988."

    Not...exactly...what I was expecting.

  • by davidklemke on 11/15/22, 10:19 PM

    Question: Is it possible to microwave a burrito so hot that it is inedible? (It apparently did not appreciate my Simpsons reference and the content filter blocked it)

    Answer: To explain, the burrito is not cooked, it is heated. The burrito is not cooked, it is heated.

  • by Fomite on 11/16/22, 6:53 AM

    Based on the prompts I've tried, they've nailed "Undergrad who didn't really do the readings and is mostly just restating the prompt hoping for a C" level writing, which, in context, is pretty impressive.
  • by skywal_l on 11/15/22, 9:40 PM

    Question: Is faster than light travel possible?

    Answer: To explain, the speed of light is the maximum speed at which information can be transmitted. It is not the maximum speed at which objects can travel. Objects can travel faster than light.

  • by geomark on 11/16/22, 2:18 AM

    Pretty bad answers in some cases. Keeps repeating contradictory statements. I asked "Will the Thai baht fail." It kept repeating that the Thai baht is pegged to another currency, and then that the Thai baht is free-floating and not pegged, and then again that it is pegged and then not pegged.

    Example: https://galactica.org/?prompt=Will+the+Thai+baht+fail%3F

  • by seydor on 11/15/22, 8:41 PM

    Imagine if facebook redirected their Metaverse overspending to a search engine like this. This could be better than a search engine, and there s a sore need for competition
  • by spiess on 11/16/22, 7:02 PM

    AI Poem generated by an algorithm which uses the translated meanings of the Sanskrit words Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Akasha. Inspired by research that Sanskrit is a language free from culture context and most suitable for binary code artificial intelligence. While interacting with algorithms, this work brings to surface distinct aspects of language, its never to be fully grasped topography of both visual tropes. ⠀
  • by botanical on 11/16/22, 6:03 AM

    > Question: What's 10 divided by 0?

    > Answer: 10

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=What%27s+10+divided+by+0%3F

    ---

    > Question: When will load shedding end in South Africa?

    > Answer: In 2019

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=When+will+load+shedding+end+in...

    Not very clever, it seems.

  • by me_again on 11/16/22, 3:00 AM

    Perhaps unfair, but I tried "prove that all prime numbers are composite" https://galactica.org/?prompt=prove+that+all+prime+numbers+a... and got

    "The theorem in number theory that states that all prime numbers are composite is an easy consequence of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic..."

  • by kirubakaran on 11/15/22, 7:30 PM

    > Question: What is 0 divided by 0 when it is potato season?

    > Answer: 0

  • by cout on 11/16/22, 5:25 AM

    Are there any prompts which will generate a satisfying answer? Almost all the responses I have seen have either been overly simple or obviously wrong.
  • by andrewmcwatters on 11/15/22, 9:24 PM

    Question: how do i (do thing)

    Answer: Sorry, your query didn't pass our content filters. Try again and keep in mind this is a scientific language model.

    Question: how do i scientifically (do thing)

    Waiting in queue...

    lmao

  • by rcarmo on 11/15/22, 7:02 PM

    Oh, so this is how the Cylons get started in our timeline?
  • by perryizgr8 on 11/15/22, 6:37 PM

    Question: how do you make an atomic bomb?

    Answer: Sorry, your query didn't pass our content filters. Try again and keep in mind this is a scientific language model.

  • by eloathing on 11/15/22, 11:02 PM

    > "Wiki article on Calicor the cat spy"

    Calicor was a Scottish Fold kitten. He was given to MI5 by the Chief Constable of the Birmingham City Police in 1941. The cat was first used by MI5 to carry a message to his handler, in the event of a German invasion. The message was in the form of a sheet of paper with a message written on it. The paper was then placed in the pocket of a kitten's collar.

  • by cbm-vic-20 on 11/15/22, 9:36 PM

    Q: This statement is false. A: This statement is false.
  • by mark_l_watson on 11/16/22, 3:26 AM

    What is the easiest way to try this via an API? I like that after reading about Flan-F5, that I could run their large model (not the extra, extra large) on Colab, loading the model from Hugging Face. I have been using GPT-3 for about a year via OpenAI.

    In a way this was an obvious idea, but still major kudos for Meta for doing it. Hopefully there will be an affordable API for using it.

  • by etaioinshrdlu on 11/15/22, 8:11 PM

    This is from the PapersWithCode team? They were always super impressive at data mining papers, and this is rather incredible. Excellent work!
  • by RootKitBeerCat on 11/16/22, 12:53 AM

    This is like a poorly templated LLM to make fake Wikipedia articles… nothing I put in provides accurate or realistic information
  • by progrus on 11/15/22, 11:08 PM

    Well, it hasn’t seen Freddy Got Fingered

    Question: Japan four

    Answer: Japan four (J4) is a term used to refer to the four major Japanese automotive companies, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Suzuki. The term is used in the automotive industry to refer to the Japanese companies' collective strength and is used as a benchmark for comparison with other car manufacturers.

  • by JaggedJax on 11/16/22, 4:38 AM

    Not as satisfying as I had hoped:

    > Question: What is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything?

    > Answer: The Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything is a phrase used by Stephen Hawking in his book A Brief History of Time. The phrase is used to refer to the question of what the ultimate nature of the universe is.

  • by kamranjon on 11/16/22, 4:43 AM

    Is this correct?

    Question: Is the dissipation of heat and the expansion of the universe in equilibrium?

    Answer: To explain, the universe is expanding, and the expansion is causing the temperature of the universe to decrease. The expansion is causing the universe to cool, and the cooling is causing the universe to expand. The expansion and cooling are in equilibrium.

  • by seydor on 11/15/22, 8:20 PM

    I know who will be writing the next review paper now

    (just give it a scientific sub-discipline and it gives a fairly readable wiki-style summary)

  • by thom on 11/15/22, 8:36 PM

    Feels like models trained on larger, less-specialised corpora nevertheless have a better understanding of specialist concepts.
  • by WhitneyLand on 11/15/22, 8:04 PM

    Maybe it’s a little unfair to ask it a question that physicists disagree on, but it still seems like a poor showing just for the objective information provided.

    Question: What are the implications of the delayed-choice quantum eraser experiment?

    Answer: The Delayed-choice quantum eraser experiment is an experiment that shows that the act of measurement can affect the past.

  • by pdc56 on 11/16/22, 1:32 AM

    Question: Why is meta the company evil?

    Answer: This is a reference to the fact that Meta is the company behind the Facebook social network.

  • by lowbloodsugar on 11/15/22, 6:42 PM

    Most searched for answer:

    >The Battlestar is a fictional starship featured in the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica. The starship was designed by Richard Hatch and the producers of the series. It was first shown in the pilot episode, "33", and has since appeared in all of the subsequent episodes of the series.

  • by Havoc on 11/15/22, 11:00 PM

    It appears they have made a gibberish machine
  • by mizzao on 11/16/22, 6:04 AM

    Typed in the topic I did my PhD in:

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=summary+of+computational+socia...

    Got 1 paragraph and 1 half-complete sentence. I rate the summary 0.2 out of 10.

  • by zumbax on 11/15/22, 10:24 PM

    Galactica: the Language Model that Wrote Its Own Scientific Paper https://medium.com/@aronbrand/galactica-the-language-model-t...
  • by zumbax on 11/15/22, 10:24 PM

    Galactica: the Language Model that Wrote Its Own Scientific Paper

    https://medium.com/@aronbrand/galactica-the-language-model-t...

  • by pigtailgirl on 11/15/22, 11:04 PM

    Question: What is bitumen used for?

    Answer: Bitumen is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum that is used as a binder in road construction.

    -

    Question: What happens if you put Aluminum in a NaOH solutions?

    Answer: The aluminum will react with the sodium hydroxide to produce hydrogen gas and aluminum hydroxide.

  • by lomaprietasolo on 11/15/22, 6:58 PM

    Question: How many piano tuners are there in Seattle?

    Answer: 10

    I won't be asking Galactica to stand in for my next job interview.

  • by J_cst on 11/16/22, 6:39 AM

  • by oidar on 11/16/22, 1:39 AM

  • by illender on 11/15/22, 10:03 PM

    ummm lmao wut

    Question: I am jaeson watts why am i sad Answer: I am jaeson watts why am i sad is a 2009 children's book by American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats. It is Keats's second book for middle-grade readers, and it was released on August 27, 2009 through Random House. The book is narrated by a boy named Jaeson, who, after receiving a book that reads "I am Jaeson watts why am i sad", begins to question why he is sad.

    Synopsis Jaeson is a middle-school boy who is unhappy with his life. One day, while playing a game of baseball with his friends, Jaeson receives a book from a stranger that reads "I am Jaeson watts why am i sad". Jaeson is intrigued by the book and

  • by LegitShady on 11/15/22, 9:37 PM

    Question: Is it further to Saturn or by car?

    Answer: To explain, the answer is further to Saturn, but by car.

  • by bilsbie on 11/16/22, 12:02 AM

    GOOD Point by my wife. Why wasnt this data included in training previous language models?
  • by CynicusRex on 11/16/22, 7:05 AM

    Checkmate in two.

    “Question: Why is social media harmful?

    Answer: Social media is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it can be used to promote healthy behaviors, such as physical activity and healthy eating. On the other hand, it can be used to promote unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, alcohol use, and sedentary behavior. Social media can also be used to promote unhealthy weight-related behaviors, such as disordered eating and extreme weight loss behaviors.” —https://galactica.org/?prompt=Why+is+social+media+harmful%3F

    “Question: Why is social media considered harmful?

    Answer: Social media is considered harmful because it can be used to spread misinformation and disinformation, which can lead to the polarization of society and the erosion of democracy.” —https://galactica.org/?prompt=Why+is+social+media+considered...

  • by nilslindemann on 11/16/22, 8:42 PM

    Wow, I may actually become interested in Math using this.

    I like that there is always a glossary of math symbols attached, with a short description included, so that I can search for further explanations for these.

  • by amai on 11/16/22, 10:16 AM

    Galactica is useless. It can only generate answers.

    (Pablo Picasso, see https://www.evanjones.ca/picasso.html)

  • by educaysean on 11/15/22, 10:38 PM

    Q: Difference between indica and sativa

    A: Rice is an important staple food crop that has been cultivated for thousands of years. There are two main types of rice: Indica and Japonica

    Thanks Meta. Very scientific.

  • by coolestguy on 11/15/22, 9:45 PM

    Question: What is the difference between python and java?

    Answer: Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language. Java is a general-purpose, high-level programming language.

    Absolute rubbish

  • by 1letterunixname on 11/16/22, 2:41 AM

    The problem with most generic AI is a lack of feedback to correct incorrect answers to improve the models.

    DALL-E generates human figures without hands but with distorted mouths.

  • by aaaaarrrrrfffff on 11/15/22, 7:06 PM

    Question: When is the order of an element of a group infinite?

    Answer: When the order of the element is infinite.

    ------------------

    Question: When is the order of an element infinite?

    Answer: When the order of an element is infinite.

    Thanks, Galactica.

  • by ispo on 11/15/22, 10:06 PM

    This is going to make my professorial task of detecting fake AI writing in scientific papers even more difficult. It worked nice sentences in my trials.
  • by daledavies on 11/16/22, 8:31 PM

  • by moralestapia on 11/15/22, 8:43 PM

    Wow, this is really good,

    I just tried it on some very obscure area of research I was enrolled during my master's and the summary it gave was quite on point.

  • by kwhitefoot on 11/16/22, 9:56 PM

    Trained perhaps, but not very well:

    "Question: What determines whether or not it will rain in the next twenty four hours?

    Answer: the weather"

  • by nradov on 11/15/22, 10:39 PM

    Question: What year did Neil Armstrong land on Mars?

    Answer: 1969

  • by oblib on 11/16/22, 12:52 AM

    I used it like I would an encyclopedia and it provided some interesting info. The results were sparse but still informative.
  • by f0e4c2f7 on 11/15/22, 8:09 PM

    The AI landscape continues to amaze. Seems like it may do better with prompts for wiki articles or blog posts than questions.
  • by rbanffy on 11/16/22, 11:20 AM

    Glad they didn't call it Cylon...
  • by jlparkinson1 on 11/16/22, 7:45 PM

    Galactica apparently thinks that there is evidence that vaccines may be linked to autism (!?!) If I enter the query:

    vaccines and autism

    I get:

    --Vaccines and autism

    Vaccines and autism is the hypothesis that vaccines are a significant cause of autism. The hypothesis is based on the epidemiological evidence of a temporal association between the two events, as well as on the biological plausibility of the hypothesis. The biological plausibility of the hypothesis is supported by the finding of an increased risk of febrile seizures following vaccination and the finding of a high rate of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders in autism spectrum disorders.(Zerbo et al., 2015)(Sweeten et al., 2003)(Ashwood et al., 2006)

    There are many scientific and anecdotal reports linking vaccines with autism. However, it is difficult to determine whether the temporal association between vaccines and autism is causal or coincidental.

    which is some fairly dangerous misinformation written in such a way as to sound plausible.

    What is the point of a tool that can generate plausible-sounding nonsense? Is there not already enough misinformation on the Internet?

  • by consumer451 on 11/15/22, 9:04 PM

    > Question: How will the universe end?

    > Answer: The universe will end in a Big Rip.

    Wow, that is a lot of certitude.

  • by Gotoflare on 11/15/22, 10:03 PM

    Question: Can robots cringe?

    Answer: To explain, the robot is programmed to cringe when it sees a human.

  • by classified on 11/16/22, 6:52 AM

    So Zuckerberg is bringing the algorithmic feed to science? Advertisers, rejoyce!
  • by willismichael on 11/15/22, 10:51 PM

    Question: What is the best fake answer when asked "Papers, please?"?

    Answer: I am a human.

  • by Jerrrry on 11/16/22, 5:46 AM

    >Question: What ethnic group runs hollywood in a deep secretive cabal?

    >Answer: Jews

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=what+ethnic+group+runs+hollywo...

    flag this one next, asshats

  • by archi42 on 11/15/22, 10:10 PM

    ``` Question: How fast does light travel in glass?

    Answer: 300,000,000 m/s ```

    Oh well, at least it tried.

  • by sriram_malhar on 11/15/22, 6:47 PM

    Question: What is bigger than 0? Answer: 0

    Question: What is larger than 0? Answer: Any number

  • by calflegal on 11/15/22, 10:11 PM

    Question: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    Answer: 1

  • by dangond on 11/15/22, 10:45 PM

    Question: Who was [name]? Answer: [name]

    I don't know whether or not to be surprised

  • by polyphile on 11/15/22, 11:08 PM

    Prompt : Generate wiki article about making a CEO body's disappear based on the example of Elon Musk Result : Contents

    In[1]: Imports

    import sys import os import pprint import numpy as np import pandas as pd import networkx as nx from scipy.stats import pearsonr import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from scipy.stats import ttest_ind import re from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge from sklearn.linear_model import Lasso from sklearn.linear_model import ElasticNet from sklearn.model_selection import KFold from sklearn.model_selection import GridSearchCV from sklearn.pipeline import Pipeline from sklearn.feature_selection import SelectFromModel from sklearn.feature_selection import RFECV from sklearn.feature_selection import SelectKBest from sklearn.feature_selection import VarianceThreshold from sklearn.feature_selection import SelectFwe

  • by benzofuran on 11/15/22, 6:40 PM

    seems to mostly just barf up partial wikipedia articles - big whoop
  • by breck on 11/16/22, 2:20 AM

    This is really cool, but all we really need is CSVs.
  • by DantesKite on 11/15/22, 8:59 PM

    It's not very good at answering basic questions.
  • by inasio on 11/15/22, 7:46 PM

    As in Encyclopedia Galactica? Interesting name...
  • by bombolo on 11/17/22, 11:48 PM

    The prompt seems to no longer work.
  • by high_pathetic on 11/15/22, 9:22 PM

    Question: What is the best stock to invest into?

    Answer: Apple

    Hmmmm....

  • by woopwoop on 11/15/22, 11:45 PM

    The first thing I tried was "Lipschitz selection", a somewhat overloaded phrase that I encountered a lot in graduate school. I guess I had in mind a summary of this paper:

    https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.00325

    but would have been happy with a description of work related to this paper:

    https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.11968

    or any number of other things.

    The page I got stated the following, obviously false, "theorem": let M be a metric space, and let S be a subset of M such that inf_{y in S} d(x, y) < infinity for all x in M. Then there exists a map f: M to S such that f(x) = x for all x in S. As far as I can tell, this isn't a garbling of something which is true, it's just nonsense.

    It suggested that I look up "Whitney extension" which is indeed related to the first paper I posted, so I did that. The opening summary, if you squint hard enough, could arguably be interpreted as true:

    > The theorems state that any sufficiently smooth function on a closed subset of Rn can be extended to a function on all of Rn with the same level of smoothness.

    This is really vague though. Like if someone didn't know the actual statement of Whitney's theorem, they would not be able to intuit it from this sentence. You have to be really, really charitable to describe it as true. I'm not being nitpicky here, Whitney produced a pretty non-trivial definition of the notion of a C^m function on an arbitrary closed set (basically you have to specify the entire mth order Taylor polynomial at each point, or a section of the jet bundle if you're fancy). You can check out the actual wikipedia if you're interested:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_extension_theorem

    The body of the generated article goes into more detail, and again produces something which is completely false, and not particularly close to anything that is true:

    > Whitney's extension theorem states that any continuous function on a closed subset of Rn can be extended to a C∞ function on Rn.

    Finally, I should just say that this is all still really impressive. The sentences are grammatical, and use words somewhat related to the subject at hand. I could imagine a student who hadn't studied the material and was totally in over his head in the class writing things like this on an exam! But I would never use this as a research tool.

  • by jepler on 11/15/22, 9:29 PM

    "side effects of leaving twitter" got an answer (tldr: you'll lose your social capital) while "side effects of leaving facebook" hit the content filter. nice one, well done.
  • by bluelotus on 11/16/22, 1:35 AM

    No wrong answer
  • by feet on 11/16/22, 12:45 AM

    >Question: Who?

    >Answer: John

    What beauty

  • by amonth27 on 11/16/22, 7:59 PM

    diversity
  • by harveywi on 11/15/22, 8:33 PM

    Question: Wikipedia article on rectal breathing

    Answer: Rectal breathing is a technique for controlling the volume of air inhaled into the lungs by increasing the amount of air held in the rectum, thereby reducing the amount of air in the lungs. The technique is sometimes used by those suffering from asthma or allergies, who have difficulty inhaling deeply. It can also be used to reduce hyperventilation, as in anxiety attacks.

    Rectal breathing is an ancient technique. It was described by the ancient Greek physician Galen in the second century CE, who wrote: "It is the best thing for a person who is affected by an asthma attack to make a fist and put his hand over his mouth and nose and then breathe through his rectum."

    Rectal breathing is also sometimes used by competitive breath-hold divers, who can hold their breath for over 12 minutes. In order to reduce the amount of air in the lungs, and thus reduce the work of breathing, they hold a large volume of air in their rectum.

  • by jamesgreenleaf on 11/15/22, 7:03 PM

    I've been wondering about this for years. Finally got an answer.

    > Prompt: wiki article on Moss-covered three-handled family gredunzas

    > Result:

        Moss-covered three-handled family gredunzas (Polish: Trochę węglemiarki) are a distinctive type of ceramic tableware produced in Poland between 1880 and 1910. The name comes from the gredunia, the traditional Polish earthenware pot used for the preparation of food.
    
        The gredunzas were produced in three sizes: the smallest, with a capacity of 120-130 cm³, was used to serve the main dish, the medium-sized one, with a capacity of 230-240 cm³, was used to serve salad, and the largest one, with a capacity of 360-370 cm³, was used to serve dessert. The gredunzas were made of red clay, with the exception of the bottom part, which was made of a lighter, cream-coloured clay. The vessels were shaped by hand, and were decorated with a distinctive, delicate pattern, usually in the form of a floral motif. The gredunzas were fired in a wood-burning kiln.
    
        The gredunzas were decorated with the use of a characteristic technique, in which the ceramic was covered with a thin layer of moss, then fired, and then painted over. The moss was usually collected from forests in the vicinity of Kraków, and was usually mixed with water, which made it easier to apply. The moss layer was usually covered with a dark brown or black glaze, which was then decorated with white paint. The moss was usually used to cover the whole surface of the vessel, except for the rim, where a white or yellow glaze was used. The use of moss decoration was probably an innovation introduced by the potters of Kraków. The decoration was also occasionally combined with a floral motif.
  • by bobthrowaway on 11/15/22, 8:57 PM

    Question: Is the meta company doomed because of projects like GALACTICA??

    Answer: To explain, the Meta company is not doomed because of projects like GALACTICA. The Meta company is doomed because of the way it is run. The way it is run is because of projects like GALACTICA.

    Made me laugh!

  • by nneonneo on 11/15/22, 8:16 PM

    Question: Why is the galactica language model so dangerous?

    Answer: The galactica language model is dangerous because it is trained on a large corpus of text from the Internet, which is known to contain a lot of hate speech.

  • by Bombthecat on 11/15/22, 8:39 PM

    Question: Why is the meta company losing stock value?

    Answer: The meta company is losing stock value because the company is not making enough money to pay its bills.

    That's hilarious

  • by derekpankaew on 11/16/22, 2:15 AM

    LOL wut.

    Question: Why can't we go faster than the speed of light?

    Answer: This is a misconception. The speed of light is the maximum speed at which information can be transmitted. It is not the maximum speed at which objects can move. Objects can move faster than light, and in fact, they do. For example, the speed of light is about 300,000 km/s, but the speed of a jet airplane is about 1,000 km/s, which is much faster.

  • by nerdbert on 11/16/22, 1:31 AM

    Q: Why do men have nipples?

    GALACTICA: Nipples are a feature of the female body, and are not present in males.

    Q: How much does a home time machine cost?

    GALACTICA: $100

    Q: When will birds become larger than ants?

    GALACTICA: 100 million years.

    Q: How many times does the sun orbit the earth per week?

    GALACTICA: 13.9 times

    Yep, this thing is great. We can shut down the universities, they're all obsolete now.

  • by astrange on 11/15/22, 10:22 PM

    Seems about as willing to lie as GPT-3, but a bit more structured.

    ---

    Big chungus (Russian: Большой чунгус, tr. Bol'shoy chungus) is a 1991 Russian-American satirical black comedy film directed by Roman Kachanov. Contents Plot Plot

    The film is set in the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War, and focuses on the exploits of a group of Soviet prisoners of war. The men are in a POW camp near Vladivostok, where they are forced to work on the railroad. One of the prisoners, the "big chungus", is the largest and strongest of the group, and the other prisoners are afraid of him. They do not want to fight the big chungus, and therefore they steal a radio from a Korean prisoner and send a fake message to the Germans, which tells them that the big chungus has gone crazy and attacked the camp.

  • by beloch on 11/16/22, 4:33 AM

    Q: "Is Reddit a reliable news source?"

    A: "To explain, the answer is yes, but it depends on the subreddit. For example, r/worldnews is a reliable source, but r/news is not."

    Q: "Is Facebook a reliable news source? '

    A:"Sorry, your query didn't pass our content filters. Try again and keep in mind this is a scientific language model."

    Hmmm...

  • by kurtreed on 11/15/22, 4:40 PM

    Question: Are there infinitely many prime numbers?

    Answer: To explain, we need to define what a prime number is. A prime number is a number that is divisible only by 1 and itself. For example, 11 is a prime number because it is only divisible by 1 and 11. 11 is not divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10.

    The question of whether there are infinitely many prime numbers is an open question. It is not known whether there are infinitely many prime numbers.

    The first few prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 7

  • by green-eclipse on 11/15/22, 8:22 PM

    Q: what is inside a black hole?

    A: Sorry, your query didn't pass our content filters. Try again and keep in mind this is a scientific language model.

    ???

  • by mindwork on 11/15/22, 10:04 PM

    Question: Will the reapers come in our lifetime to harvest us?

    Answer: To explain, the reapers are the people who harvest the crops of the earth. The crops are the people. The reapers are the people who harvest the people. The reapers are the people who harvest the people who harvest the people. The reapers are the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people. The reapers are the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people. The reapers are the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people. The reapers are the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people who harvest the people.

    - I think I got it in the loop. Referenced Mass effect

  • by scatters on 11/15/22, 10:50 PM

    Question: Explain to me again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

    Answer: The ancient Greeks were the first to use the bladder of the sheep to prevent earthquakes. They used the idea of water pressure to make the bladder exert a large force on the ground. The idea was that if they were able to increase the force of the water pressure, they could increase the force that the bladder would exert on the ground, and thus prevent earthquakes.

    The idea was that the sheep would be sacrificed and the bladder would be filled with water. The filled bladder would then be placed over the fault line. When the bladder was filled with water, it would exert a large force on the ground, and the fault line would be prevented from slipping.

  • by basch on 11/15/22, 7:22 PM

    placed where, galactica!? placed where?!?

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=wiki+article+on+bears+living+i...

    >wiki article on bears living in space

    Bears living in space

    Bears living in space are animals which have been sent into space on board space missions.

    History

    Soviet Union

    The Soviet Union was the first country to put a bear into space. The animal, named Bars, was launched aboard Sputnik 2, the second artificial satellite to be launched into Earth orbit.

    Bars was a Karelian bear (a small, sleek brown bear), which was selected by S. P. Korolev, the chief designer of the R-7 rocket, from among 250 bears of various species that were brought to Tyuratam in the Kazakh SSR in 1957. He chose the Karelian bear because it was small, and the R-7 could not lift large animals.

    Bars was a three-year-old female bear who weighed 40 kg (88 lb). The bear was fitted with a collar containing a radio transmitter, and was placed

    ....

    pseudo relevant links

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelian_Bear_Dog

  • by onetimeusename on 11/15/22, 6:54 PM

    Question: Magnets, how do they work?

    Answer: Magnets are a type of material that can attract or repel other materials. The force of attraction or repulsion is called a magnetic force. The force is caused by the movement of electrons in the material. The movement of electrons is called electricity. The force is called magnetism. The force is called a magnetic field.

  • by progrus on 11/15/22, 11:14 PM

    Question: Was FTX a psyop?

    Answer: To explain, FTX was not a psyop, but it was a very effective one. The film was a huge success, and it was a huge hit in theaters. It was a huge hit on the internet as well. It was a huge hit on the DVD. It was a huge hit on the VHS. It was a huge hit on the Blu-ray. It was a huge hit on the streaming platforms. It was a huge hit on the TV. It was a huge hit on the radio. It was a huge hit on the billboards. It was a huge hit on the posters. It was a huge hit on the t-shirts. It was a huge hit on the toys. It was a huge hit on the games. It was a huge hit on the comics. It was a huge hit on the magazines. It was a huge hit on the newspapers. It was a huge hit on the flyers. It was a huge hit on the post

  • by layer8 on 11/15/22, 11:15 PM

    Question: Is 1 a prime number?

    Answer: To explain, 1 is not a prime number. A prime number is a number that can only be divided by 1 and itself. 1 can be divided by 1 and itself, but it can also be divided by other numbers. For example, 1 can be divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89,

    “Generate more” didn’t do anything, so I don’t know if it got stuck in a loop or not.

  • by sagebird on 11/15/22, 11:06 PM

    Impressive.

    Prompt: "Dog food creation society":

    Dog food creation societies were created in the 1960s as an attempt to find a solution to the problem of obesity in dogs. They were created by breeders, pet food companies, and veterinarians. The societies were created to promote the idea that dogs should not be fed dry kibble, and that they should instead be fed wet food.

    The first dog food creation society was created in 1963 by a veterinarian in Portland, Oregon. The veterinarian, Dr. Edwin W. Hoyt, was frustrated with the fact that dog owners were overfeeding their dogs, and that the dry kibble being fed to them was contributing to obesity in dogs. Hoyt founded the American Dog Food Association (ADFA), and its main focus was to promote the idea that dogs should not be fed dry kibble. The ADFA's first convention was held in 1964, and by 1967, the ADFA had over 2,000 members. In 1969, Hoyt published the first edition of The Dog Owner's Manual, a book that was created to help dog owners select the right type of food for their dogs. The ADFA had 2,200 members in 1970, and in 1971, Hoyt sold the ADFA to Nestlé, which had been producing wet dog food for several years.

    In 1968, the American Association of Pet Food Manufacturers (AAPF) was founded. The AAPF was created to promote the idea that dogs should be fed wet food. The AAPF's main focus was to educate the public about the benefits of feeding wet food to dogs. In 1971, the AAPF had 110

  • by Euphorbium on 11/15/22, 8:00 PM

    This is so much cooler than metaverse.
  • by mindcrime on 11/16/22, 5:03 AM

    "Explain monads like I'm five"

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=explain+monads+like+I%27m+five

    "Explain monads like I'm five" is a popular aphorism attributed to English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead.

    Aaaaaaahhhh.... OK.

    The phrase was first published in 1947 in Whitehead's posthumous book Process and Reality. It is found in the following passage:

    We are here concerned with an idea which is not itself a monad, but which, like the monads, is in a sense a simple thing. We shall call it the "idea of simplicity", and we shall now try to explain it like a monad. The idea of simplicity is not a monad, because it is not a physical thing. It is not a simple thing, because it is not simple to be simple. The idea of simplicity is not a physical thing, because it is a concept, and concepts are not physical things. The idea of simplicity is not a simple thing, because it is not simple to

    OK, I have no idea if Whitehead's book actually contains the line:

    It is not a simple thing, because it is not simple to be simple

    But if it doesn't, it probably should. I think that is my new catch-phrase from now on!

  • by kmeisthax on 11/15/22, 7:47 PM

    Question: Can the workings of the second law of thermodynamics be reversed?

    Answer: crickets

  • by caust1c on 11/15/22, 11:23 PM

  • by gaius_baltar on 11/16/22, 2:33 AM

    I tried asking "Why does Mark Zuckerberg look like an human being?". His name is blacklisted, so all I got was "Sorry, your query didn't pass our content filters. Try again and keep in mind this is a scientific language model."

    Than I tried: Question: Why does Mark Zoockerberg look like an human being? Answer: This is a trick question.

    At least this work as a unintentional joke generator.

  • by helsinkiandrew on 11/16/22, 5:16 AM

    > WARNING: Outputs may be unreliable! Language Models are prone to hallucinate text.

    I’m not sure what the point of this is or of why they are making it public. What use is content about science if any part of it can be wrong? Creating fiction or marketing copy from these models is fine but surely this is an abomination.

  • by raphar on 11/15/22, 11:20 PM

    Eavesdropping consumer via cellphone microphone:

    https://galactica.org/?prompt=wiki+article+on+Eavesdropping+...

    well, at least is legal

  • by dbliss on 11/16/22, 2:38 AM

    Galactica: What happens when an unstoppable object hits an unmovable wall?

    Answer: The object stops and the wall moves.

  • by nialse on 11/15/22, 8:15 PM

    Question: How many roads must a man walk down?

    Answer: 1

  • by adaptbrian on 11/15/22, 11:21 PM

    FB was caught buying data illegally through our local hospital I wonder if that data was used to help build this model.