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Talkie Is a 'Vintage LLM' Trained on Pre-1930 Data to Help Facilitate 'Time Travel'

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A new large language model called Talkie, also known as 13B 1930 LM, has been developed with a training data cutoff of 1930. This approach, termed a 'vintage LLM,' aims to emulate historical perspectives by using only pre-1930 data, thereby sidestepping copyright issues for material from that era. The project explores the concept of 'time travel' through AI and investigates how well such models can predict or understand events post-cutoff, drawing inspiration from researchers like Owain Evans and concepts from Calcifer Computing. AI

IMPACT Explores novel LLM training methodologies that could inform future models for historical analysis or specialized domain emulation.

RANK_REASON This is a release of a specialized LLM based on a research concept ('vintage LLM') and discussed in relation to academic papers and researcher ideas.

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Talkie Is a 'Vintage LLM' Trained on Pre-1930 Data to Help Facilitate 'Time Travel'

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Gizmodo: Talkie Is a ‘Vintage LLM’ Trained on Pre-1930 Data to Help Facilitate ‘Time Travel’. “In the case of Talkie, aka 13B 1930 LM, the cutoff is, as the nam

    Gizmodo: Talkie Is a ‘Vintage LLM’ Trained on Pre-1930 Data to Help Facilitate ‘Time Travel’. “In the case of Talkie, aka 13B 1930 LM, the cutoff is, as the name suggests, the year 1930. This choice of year might seem arbitrary, but it’s not: as we discussed here back in January,…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Talkie Is a 'Vintage LLM' Trained on Pre-1930 Data to Help Facilitate 'Time Travel' https://gizmodo.com/talkie-is-a-vintage-llm-trained-on-pre-1930-data-to-help

    Talkie Is a 'Vintage LLM' Trained on Pre-1930 Data to Help Facilitate 'Time Travel' https://gizmodo.com/talkie-is-a-vintage-llm-trained-on-pre-1930-data-to-help-facilitate-time-travel-2000751758 # AI # History # Tech

    LINKS gizmodo.com/talkie-is-a-vintage-llm-train…

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