Holy Hallucinations, Batman...

User You: What is the airspeed of an unladen swallow/

Jimmy:

A reference to the classic line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

Thus far it is correct but here it comes:

In the movie, a group of medieval scholars, the Knights who say "Ni!" (also known as the Bridgekeepers), ask a king's servant, a blacksmith, if an unladen swallow makes good time. The blacksmith, played by John Cleese, responds with the now-famous line:

"And what's the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

To which the blacksmith responds:

"What do you mean? An unladen swallow?"

The blacksmith then explains that an unladen swallow is when a swallow (a type of bird) is flying in the air without carrying any burden, implying that it is moving at a speed that is not affected by carrying any weight or load.

Nope, that is not at all how it went. No blacksmiths, not related to the Knights who say 'Ni!' - who have nothing scholarly about them, they wanted a shrubbery and demanded another one when their wish was fulfilled. It was the Bridgekeeper - not related to the aforementioned knights - who asked 3 questions and would throw anyone who could not answer all three into the chasm. When he asked Arthur - played by Cleese - the question about the airspeed of the swallow he asked the Bridgekeeper whether he meant an African or European swallow. The Bridgekeeper did not have an answer and was thrown into the chasm, problem solved.

However, in reality, swallows are not typically "unladen" in flight. They are small birds that fly at relatively fast speeds, usually around 10-15 km/h (6-9 mph), but they are not usually carrying any burdens!

Needless LLM-blabber.

The "airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow" has become a meme and a cultural reference point, often used humorously or ironically to refer to situations where someone is trying to make an absurd or non-sensical argument or ask an absurd question.

Somewhat correct but not necessary in this context.

The correct answer to the question would have been Do you mean an African or European swallow? followed by a short reference to the movie.

Of course this demo is not about the accuracy of the model - 'an old Llama' as mentioned elsewhere in this thread - but it does show that speed isn't everything. For generating LLM-slop this hardware implementation probably offers an unbeatable price/performance ratio but it remains to be seen if it can be combined with larger and less hallucination-prone models.

> Holy Hallucinations, Batman...

Congratulations! You figured out that this is a demo of a very small 8B model from 2022.