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Re:TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875 by hare2eternity on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @05:28AM (#46599250)
Outside of science it would be an interesting pedagogic tool for many people. There is a tendency to imagine that people in the past saw the world much the same as we do. The expression "the past is a foreign country" resonates because we can empathise at some level that things were different, but we can't visit that country. "Talking" to a denizen of London in 1910 regarding world affairs, gender equality, economic opportunities, etc would be very interesting. Even if it can never be entirely accurate I think it would be enlightening.

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