GPT-4chan

Yannic Kilcher · Jun 2022

GPT-J finetuned on /pol/ and deployed back onto 4chan for a weekend, where it posted thousands of times before being noticed. Condemned in an open letter signed by hundreds of researchers; the canonical “don't” of model releases — and an early, ugly proof that a forum's voice could be bottled.

Sources

Official

tk — to collect

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