GPT-2
“Too dangerous to release”: 1.5B parameters and the staged-release drama that invented AI-release discourse. Also, in hindsight, the first model people anthropomorphized at scale (talktotransformer era).
Sources
Official
- 2019-02 Better Language Models and Their Implications — the announcement and staged-release rationale.
Writing & commentary
tk — to collect
Tweets
tk — fleet pass pending; mirror to archive
Official record
tk — release date, specs, benchmarks, checkpoints
History
tk — context of the world at release; events and entanglements
Impressions
tk — day-of and longitudinal vibes to collect