printGalactica: Meta's AI knowledge base that makes stuff up
by kleinbl00
The problem is not specifically that Galactica doesn't work. The problem is that Meta has been touting Galactica as a model that does work. In reality, Galactica has the same profound flaws as other large language models, fundamental shortcomings that researchers have been warning about for years. Tech companies that definitely know better keep releasing AI with overblown claims, and then the most casual experimentation shows them to be full of it. In this case, some Meta researchers have pushed back at the users, saying it wasn't Meta's job to figure out the shortcomings of Galactica. It's like drawing a face on a cardboard box, claiming it's a sophisticated robot, and then when people point out that all it can do is roll down a flight of stairs, getting angry at them for expecting too much out of cardboard.