Galactica Demo FAQs

Question 1

What was Galactica?

Accepted Answer

Galactica was a large language model developed by Meta AI, designed to assist with scientific research tasks like generating academic papers, solving math problems, and summarizing scientific literature.

Question 2

Why did Meta take down the Galactica demo?

Accepted Answer

Meta removed the public demo after only 3 days due to intense criticism that the model could generate biased, inaccurate or misleading content that appeared authoritative and scientific.

Question 3

What were some of the main criticisms of Galactica?

Accepted Answer

Critics argued that Galactica could produce 'pseudo-science' content that looked realistic but was incorrect or biased. There were concerns it could be used to generate misinformation or fake scientific papers that would be hard to detect.

Question 4

How big was the Galactica model?

Accepted Answer

Galactica was a 120-billion parameter language model trained on 48 million scientific papers, textbooks, and other sources of scientific knowledge.

Question 5

Is the Galactica model still available for researchers?

Accepted Answer

While the public demo was taken down, Meta stated that the model, code and research paper remain available for researchers who want to study it further.

Question 6

What was Meta's response to the criticism?

Accepted Answer

Meta acknowledged the model's limitations and potential to generate inaccurate content. They stated the demo was intended for research purposes, not production use, and that they removed it to prevent misuse beyond the research community.

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