TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875

Re:TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875 by root_axis on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:10PM (#46593544)

I think it would raise some interesting questions, but if it did yield anything noteworthy, the biggest question would be why that LLM is capable of pioneering scientific advancements and none of the modern ones are.

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Re:TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875 by spidersouris on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:55PM (#46594182)

I'm not sure what you'd call a "pioneering scientific advancement", but there is an increasing amount of examples showing that LLMs can be used for research (with agents, particularly). A survey about this was published a few months ago: https://aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-main.895.pdf

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Re:TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875 by crazylogger on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:25AM (#46597553)

Or maybe, LLMs are pioneering scientific advancements - people are using LLMs to read papers, choose what problems to work on, come up with experiments, analyze results, and draft papers, etc., at this very moment. Except they eventually stick their human names on the cover so we almost never know.

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