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Re:Pathways Language Model (PaLM): Scaling to 540B parameters by WithinReason on Monday April 04, 2022 @01:55PM (#30909799)
I like how it appears that it had to convert from imperial to metric before it could make an inference:

300 miles per hour is about 480 km/h. This is about the speed of a commercial airplane. [...]

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Re:Pathways Language Model (PaLM): Scaling to 540B parameters by sib on Monday April 04, 2022 @01:59PM (#30909872)
Also, that's a very slow commercial airplane. (Unless talking about an old turboprop?)
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