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Galactica: What Dangerous AI Looks Like

A cautionary tale on AI hype

The Encyclopedia Galactica. Credit: Author via Midjourney

Meta announced this week a new large language model (LLM) for science.
They named it Galactica — a nod to Isaac Asimov’s Encyclopedia Galactica.

The website says it’s a “model that can store, combine and reason about scientific knowledge.”