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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

Question: Is there a real number x such that x^2 < 0?

Answer: To explain, we need to define what we mean by "real number".

If we define a real number as a number that can be written as a fraction, then the answer is no.

If we define a real number as a number that can be written as a decimal, then the answer is yes.

If we define a real number as a number that can be written as a decimal, then the answer is yes.

If we define a real number as a number that can be written as a fraction, then the answer is no.

If we define a real number as a number that can be written as a fraction, then the answer is no.

If we define a real number as a number that can be written as a decimal, then the answer is yes.

Question: What is the largest prime number?

Answer: 29

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I would've been amazed to see "42"
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If there are not infinite prime numbers, multiply all of them and subtract 1. This number should be prime
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

>Question: What is the sum of all numbers?

>Answer: -1

Looks like the universe uses 2's complement after all

At the risk of ruining a joke, the sum of all numbers representable by a signed n-bit integer using 2's complement is -2^(n-1).

-2^(n-1) is the only negative number that does not have a positive counterpart in this representation.

So the universe is 1-bit, two's complement?
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...

I found more than half of the content of biographical articles was completely, risibly, wrong. Confident and plausible-sounding assertions of birthplace (wrong), websites founded (wrong), etc. Galactica.org seems to have gone inactive now; at the time of writing, the function no longer works:

https://galactica.org/?prompt=Jimmy+Wales

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.

makes a lot sense. Now we don't have to argue over it any more. (I mean the answer given by the AI makes sense, not the idea of shutting it down)
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.

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

Answer: 1

Well. My desire for knowledge has been completely satiated.

Ha! I didn't see your comment when I just posted mine. Strange that we'd go there
Maybe it's like the "birthday paradox" for taunting AIs
seems to mostly just barf up partial wikipedia articles - big whoop
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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.

This is such a weird answer. First, the Battlestar Galactica was also featured in the original series. It's the focal point of both series, the namesake, etc.

And I don't think Hatch had anything to do with the design of the ships. He was hired as an actor for the first series and while he tried to get a continuation of the original going, he never got there. Then eventually was incorporated in the re-imagined series as a recurring character.

Like, it's part right and part wrong and part weird.

Edit:

Also, technically, the original series could exist in the same continuity as the re-imagined series. In the re-imagined series, it's revealed that all of this takes place in Earth's distant past. In the original series, it's revealed that the show is actually taking place in the present. In both cases, the final destination is our Earth.

Question: What is bigger than 0? Answer: 0

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

> 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?

I believe the idea is to extract wikipedia-like data from first sources. So slang terms like weed won't pass muster on their demo, since nobody publishes papers on "the effects of weed on the human body" -- they use terms like marijuana, cannabis and THC.

Obviously this is a problem for laypeople, but the focus of the research was not on understanding questions, so we shouldn't be too hard on them. It wouldn't be too hard to add an NLP disambiguation to the query engine, but even then we can't expect 100 percent perfection.

edit: looks like this is actually ingesting wikipedia too, making it more of an augmentation.

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.

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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.

Oh, so this is how the Cylons get started in our timeline?
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.
Verisimilitudinous indeed. Very on-brand.
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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.

Not disagreeing (unauditable AI output used for decisions is a problem), but what you said equally applies to Wikipedia.
I would not rely on Wikipedia for anything important, but verify independently. Still, Wikipedia is more trustworthy just because the black box is actually well understood, its humans.
Also it includes references for the purpose of auditing.
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.

See also: Wikipedia, Google Maps, Google information cards, every voice assistant.

Google maps?

Please elaborate.

Google Maps is generally very good, but will occasionally give you stupid and/or illegal directions. Examples include u-turns at intersections where it is explicitly or implicitly prohibited; turns onto the wrong way of one-way streets; round-about directions in the vicinity of your destination - where it usually expects to route you right in front of the building no matter how impractical that is; and of course general ignorance of temporary obstructions like construction. I've received all of these bad directions and more.

Many of these things are to be expected if you understand their data sources, and for most drivers who are paying attention to the road more than the GPS, these are non-issues (e.g. drive legally and let it reroute). But, you do have to do more than just purely rely on Google Maps directions.

> people will start relying on answers from black boxes they have no idea how to verify

Every rightful critic of radio and TV propoganda, and now AI.

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

Answer: When the order of the element is infinite.

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Question: When is the order of an element infinite?

Answer: When the order of an element is infinite.

Thanks, Galactica.

> 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.

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

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pseudo relevant links

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

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

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

> Answer: 0

> Question: Where are the closest aliens?

> Answer: Proxima Centauri

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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.

As in Encyclopedia Galactica? Interesting name...
Question: Can the workings of the second law of thermodynamics be reversed?

Answer: crickets

Insufficient data for meaningful answer.
How long til the "Let there be light" moment?
I would have given them kudos if it actually said that!
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This is so much cooler than metaverse.
tbf an interestingly shaped rock is cooler than the mEtAvErSe.
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