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can you explain how bad it was? I found it quite good for the tiny amount of time that it survived the twittermob



I though tthat was quite funny and probably better than what most people would write if they wanted to write a parody about space bears

It's only bad if you expected it to provide scientific answers, which was not the claim. IIRC the page said something about it compiling knowledge. which it does in this article


What "knowledge" is it compiling? Bears never went to space. Where did it hallucinate that from?


I think you know that the answer is in the links of that link you posted.

EDIT: I mean that it compiles the story of Laika and Karelian bear dogs

In any case , i understand you may have had a falling out with Lecun before, but that is no reason why this research model should not be online for peopel to test it. Let's try to improve things rather than blocking and banning things


Huh? What answer is in the links of the link I posted? If you mean "the russians sent a bear dog into space", that doesn't explain all the detail the model generated.

The statement about bears isn't just factually wrong, it generated specific details that make it appear right! At first, I was going to say that it wasn't half-wrong because tardigrades (known as water bears) have been sent to space.

This is simply a project that wasn't ready for the real world. A wiser R&D leader would have told the team standards were higher, rather than advising they put a disclaimer on it.

EDIT: since you didn't reply, but just edited (you're probabably at your reply limit depth): laika wasn't a bear dog. She was a mongrel found roaming moscow.




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