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Re:TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875 by zingababba on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:45AM (#46590948)
LOL

PROMPT:Charles Darwin

Charles DarwinECCEMACY. Sir, — The following case is interesting to me : — I was in London a fortnight, and was much affected with an attack of rheumatism. The first attack of rheumatism was a week before I saw you, and the second when I saw you, and the third when I saw you, and the third in the same time. The second attack of gout, however, was not accompanied by any febrile symptoms, but was accompanied with an increased flow of urine, and with a more copious discharge of urine. The third attack was an hour after I saw you, and was succeeded by a return of a paroxysm of gout, and a more rapid return of the gout. The fourth attack was also accompanied by a fever, but was not always accompanied by any febrile symptoms. The third attack of gout was a fortnight after you had been ill, and the fourth was followed by a paroxysm of gout. The fourth attack was a fortnight after you were attacked, and was accompanied by a sense

Re:TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875 by feisty0630 on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:58AM (#46591144)
Interesting that it reads a bit like it came from a Markov chain rather than an LLM. Perhaps limited training data?
Re:TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875 by kgeist on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:54PM (#46594171)
Early LLMs used to have this often. I think's that where the "repetition penalty" parameter comes from. I suspect output quality can be improved with better sampling parameters.
Re:TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875 by nomel on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @02:57AM (#46598352)
It is lacking all recorded text from the past 200 years. ;)

It would be interesting to know how much text was generated per century!

Re:TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875 by alansaber on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:55AM (#46591095)
Average small language model response