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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by danielbln on Friday December 19, 2025 @03:45AM (#46323645)
How would one even "misuse" a historical LLM, ask it how to cook up sarine gas in a trench?
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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by DonHopkins on Friday December 19, 2025 @03:59AM (#46323728)
Ask it to write a document called "Project 2025".
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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by ilaksh on Friday December 19, 2025 @05:08AM (#46324122)
Well but that wouldn't be misuse, it would be perfect for that.
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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by JKCalhoun on Friday December 19, 2025 @07:48AM (#46325231)
"Project 1925". (We can edit the title in post.)
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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by stocksinsmocks on Friday December 19, 2025 @12:47PM (#46328682)
Its output might violate speech codes, and in much of the EU that is penalized much more seriously than violent crime.
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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by hearsathought on Friday December 19, 2025 @01:55PM (#46329481)
You "misuse" it by using it to get at truth and more importantly historical contradictions and inconsistencies. It's the same reason catholic church kept the bible from the masses by keeping it in latin. The same reason printing press was controlled. Many of the historical "truths" we are told are nonsense at best or twisted to fit an agenda at worst.

What do these people fear the most? That the "truth" they been pushing is a lie.

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