A Few Words About Bullshit
We recorded 3 claims from this post. 3 were checked against evidence. 3 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (3)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Observation
“Just like every other large language model I have seen.”
Our reading: Like Galactica, every other large language model the author has seen prevaricates (fabricates content) a lot.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: False answers on deliberately challenging questions are not a direct estimate of fabrication in ordinary use.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Forecast
“High school students will love it, and use it to fool and intimidate (some of) their teachers.”
Our reading: High school students will love Galactica and will use it to fool and intimidate some of their teachers.
No deadline stated Evidence as of
Limitation: A search that finds no qualifying incidents cannot establish that none occurred.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
Observation
“Pitch perfect and utterly bogus imitations of science and math, presented as the real thing.”
Our reading: The Galactica examples Andrew Sundstrom shared are pitch-perfect but utterly bogus imitations of science and math, presented as the real thing.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: Support depends on including the companion examples expressly linked in the post.
Held from this post (3)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.